(JollofNews) – Opposition leaders in Gambia are holding talks to put up a single candidate against president Yahya Jammeh in the December elections. The Gambia will hold presidential election on 1st December, with legislative and local polls to follow in April 2017 and April 2018. The small West African nation[Read More…]
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Halifa Sallah: Gambia’s Future Is In The Hands Of The People
(JollofNews) – The Gambia is at a crossroads. We either take the route towards escalating tensions or the other route towards an inclusive secular democratic republic. There is no middle road. What then are the challenges? What is the way forward? The Danger Of Ethnolinguistic Profiling The republic requires a[Read More…]
Gambia’s Opposition Leader Warns President Jammeh
(JollofNews) –An opposition leader in the Gambia has warned President Yahya Jammeh against using force to sustain his grip on power. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said using truncheons, cudgels, tear gas canisters, hose pipes, rubber bullets, live bullets and mass graves to[Read More…]

