Tag: election

News, Politics

Independent candidate Ahmed Gitteh, others nominated

Ahmed Gitteh, a former NPP militant, was yesterday nominated as an independent candidate by the IEC to contest the Chairmanship of the Brikama Area Council. Other independent candidates such as Ebrima Sanneh was also nominated in Brikama. Meanwhile, in the Kanifing Municipality, Pa Modou Mbowe of the No To Alliance […]

News, Politics

Kenya’s deputy president Ruto declared election winner

By Rédaction Africanews and Euronews with AP Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga, a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and not on traditional […]

Opinion, Politics

Why Banjul Mayor Needs a Distance from Barrow

Reeling from a bruishing electoral defeat in the April National Assembly (NA) Polls, President Barrow and his National People’s Party (NPP) are looking forward to making up their loss in the 2023 Local Government Elections by all means necessary. In Barrow’s mind, there could not have been any justification why […]