Campaigning for Gambia’s December 4th presidential election has been taking place in a largely carnival atmosphere but beyond this feel-good facade lurks a perceptible cocktail of tension and fear over its possible aftermath. The knives are out, the campaign rhetoric from all sides has hardened, and the plot and sub-plot[Read More…]
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Gambia Opposition GDC Expels Top Official
(JollofNews) – An opposition party in the Gambia has said it has expelled one of its leaders on Saturday. The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) said it dismissed Foreign Affairs Secretary Musa Bachilly from the party with immediate effect. No reasons were given for his expulsion, but a statement from the[Read More…]
Gambia: In Response To Opposition Leader Mamma Kandeh
(JollofNews) – Please kindly allow me to respond to a statement made by the leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) published on Freedom Newspaper in which Mr Kandeh claimed that “President Barrow’s government is worst than the former Dictator Yaya Jammeh’s regime of terror “. Mr Kandeh’s statement[Read More…]