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ECOWAS Election Observers Deployed to Monitor Togolese Elections

By: Kebba AF Touray The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) under the Presidency of Dr. Omar A. Touray said they...

President Bassirou Faye takes oath of office

By Biran Gaye Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been sworn-in as the fifth president of Senegal yesterday after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed his presidential election...

Senegal’s President-elect Faye calls for reconciliation, peace

By Biran Gaye Senegal’s President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence...

Amadou Ba concedes, congratulates Bassirou Diomaye Faye

By Biran Gaye The candidate of Benno Bokk Yakaar has conceded defeat and congratulated Bassirou Diomaye on his election as President Elect of the...

Diomaye leads the polls amid jubilation

By Biran Gaye The results of Senegal’s presidential election emerging from polling stations at the time of going to press shows Bassirou Diomaye Faye is...

Amadou Ba, Khalifa Sall call for peace, vigilance after voting

By Biran Gaye The candidate of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, Amadou Ba and former Dakar mayor Khalifa Ababacar Sall have called for peace and...

Senegal votes in hotly contested presidential election

By Biran Gaye Voters in Senegal are casting ballots to elect their next president from a congested race of nineteen (19) candidates.The delayed election takes...

Senegal’s election body assures transparent vote

Directorate of Elections has assured voters of a transparent and rig-free presidential election on Sunday. About seven million Senegalese are registered to vote in...

President Sall’s candidate Ba pledges non-partisanship presidency

By Biran Gaye The candidate of President Macky Sall and Benno Book Yakaar has pledged to detach the function of President of the Republic from...

Abdoulaye Wade’’s PDS endorses Bassirou Diomaye Faye

By Biran Gaye The Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) Friday declared its full support for the Diomaye Faye coalition two days before the presidential election. The coalition,...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye declares assets

By Biran Gaye Bassirou Diomaye Faye, designated candidate of the ex-Pastef Party, Friday made a declaration of assets as required by the electoral laws of...

Habib Sy withdraws his candidacy, endorses Diomaye Faye

By Biran Gaye The former mayor of Linguère and presidential candidate has officially announced the withdrawal of his candidacy for the presidential election next Sunday,...

Police Raid Jammeh’s No To Alliance Meeting

By Nelson Manneh The Police Intervention Unit (PIU) on Sunday raided and disrupted a meeting organised by the renegade faction of the APRC (Yaya Tamba...

Gambian High Commissioner to Botswana Presents Credentials to President Eric Masisi

By Nelson Manneh Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, the High Commissioner of The Gambia to Botswana, on Wednesday, 14 February 2024 handed over her credentials to President...

NAMs Urged to Introduce Quota System for More Women Participation in...

By Sariba Manneh 'Election Watch Committee' (EWC), which is an Election Observer Mission, has recommended the Gambia's National Assembly to prioritise the legislation of a...

Political Parties, Candidates Urged to Observe Electoral Laws

By Nelson Manneh The Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, Alieu Momarr Njai, has call on all political parties and candidates to fully observe the...

“367 Candidates Nominated for Council Elections Nationwide” 

By Nelson Manneh The Independent Electoral Commission has endorsed the nominations of three hundred and sixty-six candidates nationwide for the upcoming Councillorship elections scheduled in...

DP, GANU File No Candidates in KM

By Assan Bah The Returning Officer for Kanifing, Joseph Collehy, said the Democratic Party (DP) and Gambia Alliance for National Unity (GANU) who were scheduled...

Deputy Chairperson of Basse Area Council Resigns From UDP

By Lamin Fatty The Vice Chairperson of Basse Area Council and member of the United Democratic party, has resigned from the UDP. Youba Jawara, the Ward...

PDOIS Selects Candidates for Council Elections in Wuli

By Lamin Fatty The People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) on Saturday 4th February 2023, accomplished their candidate selection ahead of the 2023...