(JollofNews) – It’s very obvious that there is an urgent and desired need for change in The Gambia. In fact, the need for change is so dire that one could describe it as, “The Fierce Urgency of Now”; the title of the book authored by Julian Zelizer, a Historian and[Read More…]
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UN Envoy Urges Gambia To Free Jailed Opposition Figures
(JollofNews) – The special representative of the UN secretary general for West Africa and Sahel urged Gambia’s government Thursday to release an opposition leader and dozens of his supporters from prison. In April this year, Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and a host of his colleagues were sentenced[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Coalition Flag Bearer Due To be Nominated
(JollofNews) – The flag bearer of the opposition coalition in the Gambia is heading to the country’s electoral commission to file his nomination as president Yahya Jammeh’s main challenger in next month’s elections. Adama Barrow, 51, is being accompanied to the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) office on Bertil Harding Highway,[Read More…]
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