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“ACCEPT THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE” – CIVIL SOCIETY

Civil society organisations are queuing to issue press releases demanding that President Jammeh respect the will of the people and relinquish power. After the...

GAMBIA LABOUR CONGRESS URGES JAMMEH TO ACCEPT RESULTS

The Gambia Labour Congress has urged President Jammeh to accept the verdict of the people and relinquish power as demanded by the people through...

The National Youth Parliament – The Gambia

The National Youth Parliament – The Gambia strongly condemns the outgoing President's statement issued on December 9th supposedly annulling the December 1st Presidential Election...

Statement by IHRDA on Annulment of Results of Gambia’s Presidential Election...

Banjul, 13 December 2016 On 1 December 2016, Gambians went to the polls and voted in the country’s Presidential Election. On 2 December 2016, the...

Initiative for the Promotion of Democracy and Good-governance (IPDG)

12th December, 2016. Initiative for the Promotion of Democracy and Good-governance (IPDG) would like to join the entire Gambian citizenry and the International communities in...

PEACE AMBASSADORS EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION

Peace Ambassador-The Gambia has expresses concern over the current political situation in the country. In a media dispatch, Peace Ambassadors -The Gambia is urging all...

ECOWAS Court Delivers Judgments in Human Rights Violation Cases Involving Togo...

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has declared itself ‘incompetent’ to entertain a suit brought by 34 persons against the Republic of Togo for...

EX-U-17 STAR SIGNS IN BELGIUM

By Sulayman Bah Demba Janneh has penned the dotted lines in Belgium, Foroyaa Sport can report. The wing-midfielder joined KFC Oosterzonen after impressing on trial. Though...

Revived Sawaneh Scores Again

By Sulayman Bah Gambian striker Ibou Sawaneh is letting his goals do the talking after scoring in each of his club’s last two matches. Having impressed...

GFF Second Division Round-up

By Sulaman Bah Brufut United and Banjul United  fixture was the talking point in a clash that saw seven goals scored altogether. Brufut who narrowly missed...

WHEN SHOULD PRESIDENT ELECT BARROW ASSUME OFFICE?

QUESTION OF THE DAY WHEN SHOULD PRESIDENT ELECT BARROW ASSUME OFFICE? According to Section 63 subsection (2) of that Constitution, “(2) The person declared elected as President shall...

“Jammeh has no authority to reject election results”

By Kebba Jeffang The president-elect Adama Barrow told the press on Saturday, 10 December, that the president should step down to maintain his global applauded decision...

The Bar faults Jammeh’s election rejection & petition

By Kebba Jeffang The Gambia Bar Association of the Gambia (GBA) on Monday, 12 December, strongly condemned the announcement by the outgoing president Yahya Jammeh...

GDC CALLS ON PRESIDENT JAMMEH TO ACCEPT RESULTS

By Ndey Sowe On Friday the 9th of December 2016, following the announcement by President Yahya Jammeh on state television that he is rejecting the...

REGIONAL AND WORLD BODIES URGE PRESIDENT JAMMEH TO STEP DOWN

ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations and the European Union have all urged the incumbent President Jammeh to transfer, power to President-elect Adama...

OTHER STATEMENTS:

Apart from this joint statement by the UN, AU and ECOWAS, individual statements expressing similar sentiments were issued by the UN Secretary Genearal Ban...

EU STATEMENT

(The Statement was issued by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica.) President Jammeh's statement of 9 December, rejecting the results...

SENEGAL STATEMENT

(Translation of the Official Statement by Senegal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mankeur Ndiaye, on Yahya Jammeh's U turn, not recognizing anymore President elect Adama...

Ensuring a Peaceful Transition in The Gambia

The US Department of State issued the following statement on 9 December: We strongly condemn President Jammeh’s December 9 statement rejecting the December 1 election...

President elect faults APRC’s intention to file petition

By Kebba Jeffang The president elect has faulted the APRC’s candidate’s intention to file an election petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the outcome...