Category Archives: Gambia

Gambia News

As Gambians go to the polls, six opposition parties are boycotting the...

April 3, 2013 no comments

BANJUL , Saikou Jammeh (IPS) - When Gambians go to the polls for the country’s local government elections on Thursday Apr. 4, they will have fewer candidates to choose from as six of the country’s se...

38 prisoners on death row as case to abolish Gambian death penalty fal...

December 14, 2012 no comments

BANJUL, Saikou Jammeh (IPS) - The court of justice for the West African economic community is expected to hear a civil society case calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the Gambia this D...

Professor John Atta-Mills to be buried on 10th August, 2012

July 28, 2012 2 comments

The Government of Ghana in consultation with Professor Mills’ family has announced that the mortal remains of the late president will be laid to rest on 10th August, 2012 in Accra. This was contained...

Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh continues to harass Journalists as press...

July 19, 2011 1 comment

Gambian prosecutors have charged the former president of the Gambia Press Union with treason for attempting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh. Ndey Tapha Sosseh, who was the chief...

Gambia’s dictator Yahya Jammeh expels Libya’s Ambassador a...

April 22, 2011 no comments

In what has been described as the biggest joke to come out of West Africa recently, President Yahya Jammeh of the tiny republic of Gambia says he wants the Libyan ambassador loyal to Moammar Gadhafi ...

Presidential elections will be held in the Gambia on November 24

March 31, 2011 no comments

BANJUL, March 31, 2011 (AFP) – The head of Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced that presidential elections will take place on November 24, in a statement received Th...

Was President Yahya Jammeh responsible for the death of journalist Dey...

March 17, 2011 no comments

BANJUL, March 17, 2011 (AFP) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has denied his government was involved in the 2004 murder of prominent journalist Deyda Hydara and the disappearance of anot...

Yahya Jammeh acts tough and suspends diplomatic relations with Iran

November 23, 2010 1 comment

The president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is upset. In fact very upset with his counterpart in Iran and has said his country, The Gambia, is cutting all ties with Iran and has ordered all Iranian gov...

Yahya Jammeh wants to be His Majesty King of the Gambia

November 8, 2010 2 comments

The dictator in the West African State of the Gambia, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Diliu Jammeh, may soon add an additional title to his already numerous accolades. He wants to be called His Majest...

Gambia’s dictator Yahya Jammeh accuses the west of interference

July 29, 2010 1 comment

The arrant dictator in the small West African state of the Gambia has once more accused the west as directly responsible for the woes of his country. It is indeed laughable that a man with one of the...

Coup Celebration in the Gambia is illegal – Says Opposition Leader

July 22, 2010 no comments

The United Democratic Party (UPD),Gambia’s main opposition party, has described as illegal the celebration of the coup d’état that brought President Yahya Jammeh to power 16 years ago Thursday. The p...

Coup plotters get the death penalty in The Gambia

July 16, 2010 no comments

Six military officials and two businessmen were sentenced to death Thursday for plotting to overthrow the Gambian government. The eight were convicted of obtaining weapons in Guinea and conspiring to...

Two Tonnes of Cocaine Seized in the Gambia

June 10, 2010 no comments

Officials in the west African nation of the Gambia has said that two tonnes of cocaine with a street value of around a billion dollars, has been seized in the country. Twelve people of various nation...

‘Coup Plotters’ Charged in The Gambia

March 22, 2010 no comments

The Gambian government has charged a group of senior military officials and businessmen with trying to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh. The statement was made by the Justice. Ministry which said the...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Sacks Top Army and Police Bosses

March 4, 2010 4 comments

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, has ordered the sacking and detention of six top police and army officials in the latest wave of arrests targeting security bodies in the West African state. Those arr...

Yahya Jammeh Threatens To Kill Human Rights Workers in the Gambia

September 24, 2009 1 comment

Yahya Jammeh, the President of The Gambia, who is a senior member of the African Club of ruling Dictators, has made a serious threat to eliminate anyone who attempts to ‘destabilize’ the ...