(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s sudden decision to reject the election results is damaging the Gambia’s democratic credentials, President-elect Adama Barrow said. Mr Barrow and the his coalition partners are safe and are not facing any security threats at the moment. A closed aid has told JollofNews that Mr Barrow was[Read More…]
Tag: opposition wins
Senegal Calls For UN Security Council Meeting Over Gambia
(JollofNews) – Senegal on Saturday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh announced he was rejecting the results of a Dec. 1 election which he lost to President-elect Adama Barrow. Senegal’s Foreign Minister, Mankeur Ndiaye, speaking on television station TFM, also asked[Read More…]
Updated: Gambia’s Jammeh Rejects Election Results
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Friday rejected the results of last weeks election accusing the country’s electoral commission of committing ‘unacceptable mistakes’. Mr Jammeh, 51, who has ruled the Gambia since July 1994, lost the election to Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition. Final results by the[Read More…]