Ousted Gambia President Jammeh To Stand Down, Adama Barrow Takes Power
Gambia’s ousted President Yahya Jammeh ceded power to democratically-elected Adama Barrow after days of negotiations and threats of military action, an advisor to Barrow confirmed on Friday. The newly inaugurated leader told supporters “the rule of fear has been vanished from the Gambia for good.” Jammeh had refused to step aside despite losing his mandate […]
Use Of Force Imminent As Ecowas Plans To Oust Jammeh
The refusal of out going President Yaya Jammeh of The Gambia to agree to step down honourably on January 19, 2017 following his loss of the December 1, 2016 presidential election to the coalition of opposition parties’ candidate, Mr. Adam Barrow, has left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders with no other […]
Lawmakers Want Asylum for Jammeh
Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament on Thursday asked the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari to consider offering asylum to President Yahya Jammeh to resolve the political crisis in The Gambia. Mr. Jammeh has refused to leave office despite losing December’s presidential election to opposition candidate Adama Barrow. Mr. Buhari and other West African leaders will be […]
Gambia: Army Chief Supports Controversial President
Gambia’s top military commander has restated his loyalty to long-time President Yahya Jammeh, despite his election defeat. Previously, several African states warned they might send in troops if Jammeh ignores the result. The signal of support to Jammeh is sure to boost tensions in the deeply divided country, as the president prepares to challenge the […]
Africa Bloc Vows To Send Troops If Jammeh Stays
West African leaders will send troops into The Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next month, the president of the Economic Community of West African States said on Friday. Marcel de Souza told reporters the regional bloc has chosen Senegal to lead any military intervention if President Yahya Jammeh […]
Jammeh Refuses To Step Down
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has condemned mediation efforts by the African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to leave power. Speaking on state television, he has repeated that he will not step down. Pressure on President Yahya Jammeh (photo) to step down has come from regional leaders in the Economic Community of West […]
Gambia: Jammeh Must Step Down, Say West African Leaders
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS must ensure The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh steps down because he lost an election, the bloc’s chairwoman has said. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, the chair of the Economic Community of West African States, urged the leaders at the bloc’s summit in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Saturday […]
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