✳ Gambia 0 Cameroon 2 ✳ Burkina Faso 1 Tunisia 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are through to the semi final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021. Cameroon stopped Gambia 2-0 in a quarter final match played this evening …
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✳ Gambia v Cameroon 7pm ✳ Burkina Faso v Tunisia 10pm Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Debutants Gambia face hosts Cameroon in an unprecedented quarterfinal that promises a lot of excitement on Saturday in Douala. The Scorpions challenge the Indomitable Lions for the quarterfinal clash of the ongoing TotalEnergies …
Read More »Adama Barrow re-elected Gambian president
Banjul, Gambia | Xinhua | Alieu Momar Njie, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, declared on Sunday that Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People’s Party (NPP), as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday. Barrow amassed 457,519 votes, around 53 percent of …
Read More »Uganda’s Kaheru to monitor Gambia elections
The Commonwealth Observer Group H E Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria, (Chairperson) Prosper Bani, Former Minister of Interior, Ghana The Hon Martha Karua, Former Minister of Justice, Kenya Robert Phiri, Executive Director, Public Affairs Commission, Malawi Hendrick Gappy, Former Chairperson, Electoral Commission, Seychelles Shyamala Gomez, Executive Director, Centre for Equality and …
Read More »Gambian president promises peaceful handover of power if he loses election
Banjul, Gambia | Xinhua | Gambian President Adama Barrow on Thursday promised to peacefully hand over power if he loses the upcoming presidential election in December. “I am a democrat. It is the Gambian people who make the decision. And Gambian people, whatever they decide I will respect that,” the president …
Read More »UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The UN’s top court ordered Myanmar on Thursday to take “all measures within its power” to prevent alleged genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The International Court of Justice granted a series of emergency steps requested by the mainly Muslim African state of The Gambia under …
Read More »GAMBIA: Ex-president Jammeh will be arrested if he returns
Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Former dictator Yahya Jammeh would face immediate arrest if he returned home, Gambia’s justice minister warned Sunday, days after his supporters called for his return from exile. After a year of hearings investigating abuses during his 22-year rule, “it can no longer be ruled out …
Read More »Thousands in Gambia rally for ex-president Jammeh’s return
Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Thousands of supporters of Gambia’s former dictator Yahya Jammeh demonstrated Thursday on the outskirts of the capital Banjul, demanding his return from exile. The protest came days after the former autocrat was heard in a leaked audio recording insisting that the tiny West African state …
Read More »Gambia studies Uganda’s UWEP project ahead of starting similar programme
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A high level delegation from Gambia on Friday completed a five-day visit during which they bench-marked the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) ahead of starting a similar one back home. The delegation led by Bulli Dibba, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women, Children and …
Read More »Outrage in Gambia over release of ex-president’s assassins
Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Relatives of people murdered by death squads in The Gambia expressed outrage on Monday over the release of three former hitmen, who said they committed dozens of assassinations ordered by ex-president Yahya Jammeh. The men, who were part of an unofficial paramilitary unit known as the …
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