Yahya Jammeh Lambasts ECOWAS Mediators
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS had called on him to honour his...
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Gambia’s President Lambasts Mediators
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. The West African regional bloc Ecowas had called on him to honour his...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh Lambasts Ecowas Mediators
Jammeh says he is not a coward and will seek justice following what he says was a flawed election Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he...
Pink Sheeting An African Election
By the time Charlotte “lip gloss” Osei, Ghana's electoral Commissioner conceded defeat to the NPP and Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo on Friday the 9th of December, we already knew what the results...
AU and UN Laud Firm Stance of ECOWAS, 11 Envoys Desert Jammeh
The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) have issued statements lauding the firm stance taken by the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS...
Yahya Jammeh Must Step Aside
The people of Gambia went to the polls on December 1, 2016. And as a result, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh lost the election to his main opponent, Adama Barrow. Initially, he accepted the outcome...
ECOWAS Leaders Aim To Enforce Gambian Election Upset
West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a little-known businessman backed by an opposition coalition but rejected by the country’s...
Mahama Co-Chairs Gambia Mediation Team
President John Dramani Mahama has been appointed as co-chair of the ECOWAS mediation team in The Gambia. He will, together with Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari – who is the mediator – chair...
Mahama Arrives In Abuja For ECOWAS Summit
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, for an ECOWAS heads of state summit. This will be his last ECOWAS meeting before leaving office in January 2017. The three-day...
‘I’m the Legal President of This Country,’ Barrow Tells BBC
Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January regardless of President Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the election result. Mr Barrow said his team...
Jammeh Could Face Sanctions
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be “strongly sanctioned” if he tries to stay in power, the UN’s regional envoy, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, along with...
The Gambia President Jammeh Must Step Aside
The UN's West Africa envoy says Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh must step down when his mandate ends in January and would be "strongly sanctioned" if he sought to remain in power. Long-ruling Jammeh lost...
Jammeh’s Last Hope In The Gambia [Article]
Tagged as the worst human rights violator, one of the most callous dictators Africa has ever known and the most autocratic African leader in the 21st Century, he dazed the world when he graciously...
Jammeh, A Spent Force!
Tagged as the worst human rights violator, one of the most callous dictators Africa has ever known and the most autocratic African leader in the 21st Century, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh dazed...
Jammeh, A Spent Force!!!
Yahya Jammeh and Adama Barrow in an enhanced photo Tagged as the worst human rights violator, one of the most callous dictators Africa has ever known and the most autocratic African leader in the...
Twenty-Two Years In ‘PAWA’
Now it’s my turn to make the most difficult phone call. The call many world leaders dread. I’m calling Gambia President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh. I don’t know where he got Jemus...
Gambia Soldiers ‘seize Election HQ’
The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu...
Mahama, ECOWAS Leaders ‘sweat’ On Gambia’s Jammeh
A number of African leaders including President John Mahama are in Gambia as ECOWAS initiates efforts to get that country’s President Yahya Jammeh to step down after losing the elections. Jammeh at...
Military Intervention In Gambia Not A Good Idea – Expert
A lecturer at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) Dr Ken Ahorsu has warned against military intervention in Gambia following confusion over the recently held election...
Gambia Security Forces ‘seize Election Commission HQ’
The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu...