(JollofNews) – Nominations for the Gambia’s presidential election will be held from 7th to 10th November, the country’s electoral commission has announced. At least nine registered political parties and one independent candidate have announced their intentions to contest this year’s election. And the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said the three-day[Read More…]
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Gambia: Only A Grand Coalition Can Defeat Jammeh
(JollofNews) – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, Charles Dickens would not have put it better. The Gambia, like Dickens portrayal of France in A Tale of Two Cities, is a country embroil in crisis. Totalitarian dictatorship. Endemic poverty. Stagnant economy. Brain drain. Political[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Female Presidential Candidate Calls On Jammeh ‘To Go’
(JollofNews)- Gambia’s first-ever female presidential candidate Friday said it was time for President Yahya Jammeh “to go”, promising to rejoin the Commonwealth community and set the country on a path to prosperity. Isatou Touray, a development expert and campaigner against female genital mutilation, railed against the “lavish” lifestyle she said[Read More…]
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