Gambia, Yemen & Lesotho among 7 Countries to Lose UN General Assembly votes Over Arrears

8 African countries including, The Gambia, Central African Republic and Sao-Tome are part of a list of countries on the verge of having their voting rights in the UN General assembly stripped off for their failure to pay arrears owed to the body. According to the United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujerric, seven countries are so […]
Bissau: President-elect tours 8 African State ahead of inauguration

In a rare move, newly-elected president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló tours eight African states – Senegal, Congo Brazzaville, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Chad, and Equatorial Guinea, ahead of his inauguration on the 19th of February this year. While on his tour, the Supreme Court in Guinea Bissau confirmed his victory, rejecting […]
Are we watching Jammeh’s lion cubs in Gambia?

“When a handshake goes beyond the elbow,” our elders say, “it ceases to be a friendly gesture.” And so, when Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh— after all his atrocities in his tenure as the leader of the West African state— made a U-turn in not accepting the results of the 2016 general elections, almost everybody […]