Yaya Jallow

Alhaji Yaya Jallow or in the spelling Yahya Jallow (* 20th century; † February 23, 2020 in Dakar , Senegal) was a Gambian politician and diplomat .

Life

Jallow was from 1996 deputy secretary general and vice chairman of the United Democratic Party (UDP). In 2000, the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party under Yahya Jammeh suspected him of murdering supporters of the ruling party . Jallow and four other opposition leaders such as Ousainou Darboe were arrested and tried to stand trial. The court adjourned several times and referred the case back to the lower court. After all, they were not sentenced. In 2011 he left the party.

In the Adama Barrow government , he was appointed Deputy Executive Secretary in the Permanent Secretariat of Senegal-Gambia .

In February 2020, he was a member of a group attempting to mediate on an official mission in Dakar over a deadlock in the cross-border traffic dispute between the Gambian and Senegalese trade unions. He died of a heart attack on the night of February 23 in Dakar.

Individual evidence

^ The Fatu Network. In: facebook.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
↑ Ebrima Dampha: Gambian Diplomat Dies, While On Mediation Talks In Dakar. In: standard.gm. 2020, Retrieved February 26, 2020 (American English).
^ Institute for Africa customer, Rolf Hofmeier, Andreas Mehler: Africa yearbook 2002: Politics, economy and society in Africa south of the Sahara . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-663-09224-7 , pp. 112 ( books.google.de ).
↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Former UDP Deputy Leader Yaya Jallow Died, During A Trip To Senegal To Discuss the Border Impasse! In: freedomnewspaper.com. 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Jallow, Yaya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jallow, Yahya; Jallow, Yaya MBA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 2020
Place of death	Dakar , Senegal

[FB10157580051471677-1] The Fatu Network. In: facebook.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .

[standard2020-02-25-2] Ebrima Dampha: Gambian Diplomat Dies, While On Mediation Talks In Dakar. In: standard.gm. 2020, Retrieved February 26, 2020 (American English).

[Afrika_Jahrbuch_2002-3] Institute for Africa customer, Rolf Hofmeier, Andreas Mehler: Africa yearbook 2002: Politics, economy and society in Africa south of the Sahara . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-663-09224-7 , pp. 112 ( books.google.de ).

[freedomnewspaper_20200223-4] Pa Nderry Mbai: Former UDP Deputy Leader Yaya Jallow Died, During A Trip To Senegal To Discuss the Border Impasse! In: freedomnewspaper.com. 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 (American English).