(JollofNews) – A former Education minister in the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh has reacted with fury to the three-year jail term given to the leader of the country’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and over a dozen of his supporters. Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, who served as minister[Read More…]
Tag: Guinea Bissau
Fears Of Unrest As Bissau Names New Military Chief
(JollofNews) – Guinea Bissau’s prime minister Baciro Dja has quelled rumours of discontent in the army after a new chief was named to head the country’s military. On Thursday, the government announced it had appointed Carlos Alfredo Mandungal to the position of Chief of Staff of the Navy replacing Klucé[Read More…]
G/Bissau Confirms Three Cases Of Zika Virus, Govt Says
(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau has confirmed its first three cases of the Zika virus in a group of islands off the mainland and has set up an emergency committee to stop further transmission of the disease, the government said on Friday. Experts have feared the tiny nation could become a gateway[Read More…]

