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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders will, today, meet in Abuja in furtherance of mandate to mediate in The Read more
ABUJA (Reuters) – West African leaders will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a Read more
By Isaac Aregbesola Nigeria will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Geofrey Onyeama Read more
The Gambia’s army chief has reaffirmed his loyalty to President Yahya Jammeh, following a threat by regional bloc Ecowas leaders to use military force to Read more
By Cecilia John Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country’s presidential election, saying such Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Gambia’s electoral commission chairman has fled the country because he received threats after declaring President Yahya Jammeh the loser of a Dec. Read more
Authorities in Gambia have shut down a private radio station, amid rising political tension as president Yahya Jammeh continues to deny his defeat in recent Read more
By Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting Read more
Senegal’s soldiers have been put on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month. Mr Jammeh initially Read more
West Africa’s regional bloc has put standby forces on alert in case Gambian president Yahya Jammeh does not step down when his mandate ends on Read more
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh vowed to stay in power when his mandate ends in January, defying calls from West African leaders to hand over to Read more
ABUJA (Reuters) – West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS must ensure Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh steps down when his mandate ends in January because he lost Read more
Military intervention in The Gambia is “possible” if President Yahya Jammeh does not step down after having lost elections, the head of the West African Read more
BANJUL: 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 Read more
By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) – Nigeria said on Tuesday Gambia’s veteran ruler seemed receptive to a message from West African leaders that he accept Read more
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a mission to Gambia on Tuesday to mediate in a crisis brought on by long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh’s Read more
By Tiamiyu Arobani President Muhammadu Buhari, his Liberian and Ghanian counterparts, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and John Mahama, will on Tuesday, leave for Banjul to put diplomatic Read more
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the refusal by Gambia’s ruling President Yahya Jammeh to step Read more
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, who initially accepted his defeat in a Dec. 1 election before making a dramatic about-face, will challenge the Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Elect Adama Barrow said that the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no constitutional authority to reject the results of Read more
By Emma Farge | DAKAR – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of last week’s election that he lost to opposition Read more
By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh was celebrating his 48th birthday in Banjul in May 2013 when he saw a poor Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – A Gambian court freed a prominent lawyer and 18 supporters on bail on Monday pending an appeal of their jail sentence for Read more
By Emma Farge BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambians reacted with joy and stunned disbelief on Saturday to the defeat of President Yahya Jammeh, one day after Read more
By Chiekh Sadibou Mane and Thierry Gouegnon BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for Read more
By Chiekh Sadibou Mane BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahyah Jammeh, who vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for “a billion years”, was Read more
By Cheikh Sadibou Mane BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambians voted on Thursday in the first serious electoral challenge to President Yahya Jammeh, who has said only Read more
By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will face a rare challenge from a revitalised and united opposition in an election on Read more
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian authorities have refused the European Union access to observe upcoming elections, an EU spokesman said on Friday, amid concerns about the Read more
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