The National Executive Committee of the Gambia Teachers Union (GTUNEC) and by extension, the Board of Directors of the GTU Co-operative Credit Union (GTUCCU), the Status of Women’s Executive Committee (GTUSWC), Conference of Principals of Senior Secondary and Upper Basic Schools and the Association of Heads of Lower Basic Schools […]

After hours of working hard to convince the Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States left Banjul without achieving their goal. President Jammeh would not renege on challenging the December 1st presidential election results at the Supreme Court which […]

Gambia Youth for Unity Stands in Solidarity with the Will of The Gambian Electorate The Gambia Youth for Unity (GYU) joins patriotic Gambians both at home and in the diaspora in condemning outgoing President Yaya Jammeh’s televised statement rejecting the outcome of the December 1st Presidential elections. Yaya Jammeh had previously lauded the Gambian electoral process as […]

The Gambia’s Ambassador to the United States has become the first diplomat to distance himself from his country’s defeated President. Like many Gambians, Sheikh Omar Faye felt relieved when Gambians go to the polls and voted for an opposition coalition Candidate Adama Barrow. They were more relieved to see the […]

Today, President-elect Barrow and the Coalition Strategy Committee (CSC), shall receive and hold closed-door consultation with visiting Heads of States from Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Special Envoy of the U.N Secrerary-General to West Africa. The only internationally recognized legitimate Authority in The Gambia continues to conduct international […]

The mediation team of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) this evening arrived in the Gambian capital Banjul, ahead of Tuesday’s talks with the outgoing President Yahya Jammeh and leaders of the incoming opposition coalition. The team that is in Banjul to tame President Jammeh or else face […]

Gambia’s electoral commission chief Alieu Momar Njie has warned President Yahya Jammeh against his bid to overturn the election result. Mr Njie told the veteran ruler that his U-turn after conceding defeat will not change the fact that he lost to property developer Adama Barrow. “The election results were correct, […]

The Gambia Bar Association has jumped into President Yahya Jammeh’s sponsored crime of nullifying the results of the country’s presidential elections. The association speaks loudly and clearly. Not only the Bar condemns Yahya Jammeh for his attempt to subvert the legitimate decision of the Gambian people, it also rejects the […]

The Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammeh is now prepared to meet with leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over his (Jammeh’s) claims that December elections results were rigged in favour of the opposition. Mr. Jammeh had earlier conceded defeat to the opposition coalition candidate Adama Barrow, […]

The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the outgoing Gambian President for rejecting the official election results proclaimed by the Independent Electoral Commission. The Council warned Yahya Jammeh, urging him to out a peaceful and orderly transition process. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the 15-member Council called on […]

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with REUTERS    Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been denied access to Gambia’s main airport, Senegal’s foreign minister said on independent radio on Saturday. The plane of Sirleaf who is Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was not allowed to land […]