The former vice chairman of the AFPRC junta, Sanna Sabally, is hemmed in a precarious situation as his extradition to The Gambia or trial outside the country could be facilitated without much hitches. The former AFPRC junta vice chair has been granted protection in Germany but currently has affinity to[Read More…]
Tag: Yahya Jammeh
Anger As Gambian President Allies With Ex-dictator’s Party
Gambian President Adama Barrow has stirred anger and confusion ahead of a December 4 presidential poll, after forming an electoral alliance with ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh’s political party. The pact has proved deeply controversial: Barrow himself ended Jammeh’s brutal rule in a 2016 election, sparking hopes of a new democratic era[Read More…]
Military Intervention In Gambia ‘Not Ruled Out’, Nigerian Foreign Minister
(JollofNews) – African leaders will encourage Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to respect his country’s constitution in a visit scheduled for Wednesday, Nigeria’s foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has told RFI. Onyeama said that leaders from the Ecowas regional bloc have not ruled out sending troops if Jammeh does not step aside[Read More…]