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...
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Jammeh Must Step Down, ECOWAS Leaders Demand
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...
West Africa Bloc To Take ‘necessary Actions’ To Uphold Gambia Vote Result
The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would take all necessary actions to uphold the result of a Dec. 1 election in Gambia, where veteran President Yahya Jammeh says he will not step...
An Open Letter To the President
A GNA feature by Alexander Nyarko Yeboah Tema, Dec.17, GNA - The end of another season has come; the end of a political dispensation that ensures one political party goes down and another rises, and...
Gambia’s Jammeh Must Step Down When Term Ends
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS must ensure Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh steps down when his mandate ends in January because he lost an election, the bloc’s chairwoman, President Ellen...
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,...
Chambas’ Soft Talk Won’t Force Jammeh To Step Down!
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, will be “strongly sanctioned” if he tries to stay in power, the UN’s regional envoy, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, is quoted as saying by the Daily Graphic. Yahya...
A Paradox Of Desire
“Those who want to save their life will lose it…” Matthew 16:25 “Desire often creates paradoxical effects. The more you want something, the more you chase after it, the more it eludes you.”...
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...
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...
Akufo-Addo, Mahama In Secret Kumasi Meetings
It has emerged that President John Mahama and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo met and had fruitful mutual discussions before the December 7 polls and after the elections to smoothen some rough edges. The...
Mahama Jets Off To Abuja For ECOWAS Summit
President John Mahama is joining his colleague ECOWAS leaders today for a Heads of State summit in Abuja. The West African leaders are expected to use the three-day meeting to convince defeated...
‘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...
Aviation Shortage Palaver Must Be Addressed Now!
The Chronicle yesterday carried a story which had it that Ghana, lately the aviation fuel hub for most airlines, was suddenly facing the challenge of shortage of the commodity. Aviation fuel,...
Ban Ki-Moon Directs Gambian Forces To Vacate Electoral Body’s Premises
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the military in The Gambia to vacate the premises of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Gambian forces were said to have seized the...
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...