(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has slammed UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Amnesty International for demanding an investigation into the death in custody of an opposition activist, the Jeune Afrique weekly reported Sunday. “Ban Ki-moon and Amnesty International can go to hell! Who are they to demand that?” said[Read More…]
Tag: Opposition Protest
Gambia’s Opposition Candidate Hits Back At Jammeh
(JollofNews) – An opposition candidate in the forthcoming Gambian elections has condemned President Yahya Jammeh’s threats to bury his critics and opponents ‘nine feet deep’. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) said peace and war are not bred through lectures but are nurtured through[Read More…]
Gambia’s Jammeh Threatens To Bury Opponents ‘Nine-Feet Deep’
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has vowed to crush his opponents and bury them ‘nine-feet deep’ in his first public comment on the current political crisis. Mr Jammeh has been in power since 1994 and has vowed to rule the Gambia for a billion years. However, pressure[Read More…]