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The Gambian Supreme Court has rejected a petition by opponent Ousainou Darboe to overturn the results of the December 4 presidential election in which Adama Barrow was declared winner with 53% of the vote. Opponent Ousainou Darboe, who comes in second with around 28%, and two other candidates refused to …

Gambian President Adama Barrow threatened opponent Mamma Kandeh with legal action for playing audio recordings of exiled ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh as the country prepares for national elections on 04 December. Adama Barrow, who had already won the presidential elections in 2016, is still running for the supreme office, against five …

In a statement, Macky Sall the Senegalese president said the country is offering Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 10,000 vaccines each “as a form of African solidarity” Senegal recently purchased its first 200,000 doses from Sinopharm and national rollout began on Tuesday. In Gambia, more than 4,500 people are known to have …

The Gambia is experiencing prolonged downtime of internet and mobile telephony resulting in general disruption of services. This is the second time in a week that the West Africa country has experienced hours of shutdown in communication services. Last week, the state-owned telecommunications company, Gamtel, apologised to consumers for the …

Authorities in the Gambia say they are going to reveal the identities of 40 people who have violated Covid-19 regulations. Gambian journalist Omar Wally told BBC Newsday that the 40 people walked out of coronavirus treatment centres and the government says they were endangering the lives of people. “They tested …