Gambia: ECOWAS Troops to Start Returning Home
10/02/2017Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced to flee last month, paving the.
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Gambia’s Barrow Asks Regional Force to Stay For Six Months -U.N
27/01/2017Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow has asked a West African military operation, which pressured his predecessor to go into exile after he refused to accept his election defeat, to remain.
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UN to Help Ensure Smooth Transition in Gambia
26/01/2017The United Nations has deployed officials to Gambia to help ensure a smooth transition from former President Yahya Jammeh’s government to that of incoming President Adama Barrow, according to Dr..
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Gambian President Barrow to Return Home Thursday: Aide
25/01/2017Gambian President Adama Barrow, who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators engineered an exit deal for predecessor Yahya Jammeh, is to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide.
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Gambia: New President Names Woman VP
24/01/2017President Adama Barrow has appointed as deputy leader a woman who had vowed to prosecute exiled leader Yahya Jammeh. Barrow, still in Senegal, said the appointment was designed to address.
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Jammeh’s Presidency “Officially Over”: Gambia’s President-Elect Says
19/01/2017Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said Thursday his inauguration would take place at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal, as longtime leader Yahya Jammeh refused to give up power. He made.
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Gambia’s Top Court Adjourns Jammeh’s Poll Challenge
11/01/2017African judges due to help Gambia’s Supreme Court hear a challenge by President Yahya Jammeh’s electoral defeat last December failed to show up on Tuesday, forcing the chief justice to.
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Gambia: Regional Leaders Fail to Reach Deal with Jammeh
14/12/2016By Edward McAllister Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s ruling party challenged his defeat in a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as West African leaders failed to reach.
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West African Leaders to Press Gambia’s Jammeh to Quit
13/12/2016By Edward McAllister West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after losing an election.
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After Jammeh Defeat, Gambia’s Jubilant Exiles Hope To Head Home
07/12/2016By Edward McAllister and Emma Farge Fatty Ousman watched all night as the results of Gambia’s presidential election last week trickled out on social media. Stunned and elated by.
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