(JollofNews) – Diaspora based Gambian pro-democracy activists have donated US$5500 equivalent to D220, 000 to supporters of the Gambia opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) who are in detention for taking part in an unauthorised protest against the regime of President Yahya Jammeh. The donation, which was organised by a US-based[Read More…]
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Two Dormant Opposition Parties Struck Off In Gambia
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s electoral commission has struck off two dormant political parties after they failed to meet the country’s electoral rules. The National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) and the Gambia Democratic Party (GDP) have not met the country’s new Elections Amendment Act (2015) which among other things requires executive[Read More…]
What Will The Gambia Look Like After “Change”?
(JollofNews) – First and foremost, I must make a disclaimer here that this thesis, like my previous writings relative to the Gambian predicament, is meant to ask provocative, vital and crucial questions in our quest of national discourse surrounding our current predicament. And so, let’s continue the discussions, and here[Read More…]