Yankuba Darboe, the chairman of the Brikama Area Council (BAC) and one of the key UDP figures seen as a formidable challenger to Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has rescinded his decision to seek UDP flagbearer role and has now thrown his full weight behind the UDP leader. The BAC chair did[Read More…]
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1994 Coup Originated In Jawara Administration, Jawara Says In Soon-To-Be Published Book
Musa Bassad Jawara, a nephew to Gambia’s first President Sir Dawda Jawara, has argued that the coup against his uncle in 1994 was an unfinished insider business perfected by soldiers. In one of the pages of his soon-to-be published book, entitled From Village Life in The Gambia to Global Views[Read More…]
APRC To Launch Legal Action Against Ex-Soldier Sanyang Over Bureau Arson Claim
Gambia’s former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is preparing the grounds to launch a legal action against a former member of the country’s national military after he publicly admitted to bankrolling the burning of the party’s bureau in 2016, a credible source informed JollofNews. Former soldier Sanyang[Read More…]