Gambia fetes coup anniversary
Dakar – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh will on Thursday celebrate 16 years since seizing power in a military coup as critics accuse him of rounding up ex-allies in a sign of mounting paranoia. The country’s biggest party comes only a week after eight top officials, including the ex-police and intelligence chief, were sentenced to death [...]
The MMD and UPND have been holding discussions to form an alliance ahead of the 2011 elections, the Watchdog understands. Andrew Banda, president Banda’s most politically active son, is said to be leading the negotiations on behalf of the ruling party. The Office of the President (OP) is said to be facilitating these negotiations. Sources [...]
Continue reading …THE Catholic bishops have rejected the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) draft constitution. In a statement entitled ‘A perspective of the Catholic Bishops conference on the NCC draft constitution of the Republic of Zambia’, the bishops yesterday stated that it was common knowledge that when the NCC Act No.19 of 2007 was promulgated, the Zambia Episcopal [...]
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