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BANJUL (Reuters) – Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh Read more
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Thousands of Somalis fired guns in the air, cheered atop military vehicles and slaughtered camels on Thursday to celebrate Read more
By Herculano Coroado LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Friday he will not run in this year’s presidential election, calling Read more
By Ed Cropley ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African Union leaders chose Chad’s candidate to chair the 54-nation body on Monday at a summit where the Read more
By Isaac Aregbesola The African Union )AU) has commended the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari and ECOWAS leaders in restoring peace, security and the people’s Read more
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian President Adama Barrow, who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators engineered an exit deal for predecessor Yahya Jammeh, is to Read more
By Tim Cocks and Diadie Ba BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the Read more
Fresh facts about the plane used to carry disgraced former President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh from Banjul to Malabo have been revealed. The Nigerian newspaper, Read more
The Nigerian Navy warship, NNS UNITY, on Sunday, arrived at Dakar Sea Port to carry out the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mandate Read more
The U.S. has commended ECOWAS for its show of leadership in peacefully ousting former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh was removed after weeks Read more
By Tim Cocks and Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh on Saturday flew into exile in Equatorial Guinea after stepping down Read more
By Diadie Ba and Tim Cocks DAKAR/BANJUL (Reuters) – West African leaders did not agree to immunity for Yahya Jammeh during negotiations that convinced Gambia’s Read more
President of Guinea Alpha Conde and that of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf arrived Banjul, Gambia, on Friday for a last minute talk with outgoing President Yahya Read more
Sworn-in in Dakar, the new President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, may have returned to Banjul on Friday as ECOWAS troops give more time for Read more
Political turmoil in Gambia has driven about 45,000 people, mainly children, to flee into Senegal since Jan. 1, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Read more
Gambia’s Minister of Information, Sidie Njie, has insisted that Yahya Jammeh will not step down as President even as ECOWAS soldiers inside the country gather Read more
Sudan is ready to sign a peace agreement with a major rebel group in the longstanding Darfur conflict, a government official said on Thursday, just Read more
Adama Barrow has taken the oath of office as Gambia’s new president. He was sworn-in about 5pm Senegalese time at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal. Read more
Nigeria’s fighter jets have been flying over The Gambia as West African regional forces continue to flex their muscles ahead of a military intervention to Read more
The UN Security Council has affirmed that Adama Barrow is now the President of The Gambia. All the 15 council members unanimously adopted Resolution 2337, Read more
Gambia’s new president, Adama Barrow is very active in the social media, Facebook and Twitter. And he likes tweeting like Donald Trump. He joined Twitter Read more
West African leaders on Friday said they would travel once again to The Gambia in a last-minute effort to convince election loser Yahya Jammeh to Read more
ECOWAS troops halted their march into Gambia Thursday night to give former president Yahya Jammeh, one more last chance to leave Banjul. Jammeh has up Read more
West African nations launched a military operation in Gambia on Thursday, Senegal’s army said, aiming to install its new President Adama Barrow and remove longtime Read more
By Tim Cocks and Emma Farge BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow will be sworn in at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal on Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s National Assembly has passed a resolution to allow President Yahya Jammeh to stay in office for three months from Wednesday, state Read more
Gambia’s tourism and culture minister on Tuesday said he will step down, in what was a sign of dwindling support for Gambia’s outgoing president Yahya Read more
Outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a three-month state of emergency, with hours to the inauguration of president-elect Adama Barrow. In a televised address Read more
The U.S. has warned the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, saying he is losing opportunities to peacefully handover to President-elect Adama Barrow and Read more
By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has left the country for neighbouring Senegal, a coalition member and local media said on Read more
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