Jammeh Calls Barrow To Concede
The Gambia's President, Yahya Jammeh, has called opposition leader Adama Barrow to concede defeat. "I'm calling you to wish you all the best. The Gambian people have spoken and I've no intentions to...
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[Hot Video] How Gambia’s Jammeh Conceded Defeat On Phone
Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the The Gambia for 22 years, on Friday called opposition leader, Adama Barrow on telephone to congratulate him for his “clear victory”. The concession of defeat by Jammeh...
Gambia’s Jammeh Calls To Concede Defeat To Adama Barrow [Video]
Defeated Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has called the newly elected President of the small West African country, Adama Barrow, to concede defeat. There had been reports before the declaration of...
Gambia’s Jammeh Calls To Concede Defeat Adama Barrow [Video]
Defeated Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has called the newly elected President of the country, Adama Barrow, to concede defeat. There had been reports before the declaration of results that Mr....
Gambians Celebrate After Voting Out ‘billion Year’ Leader
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for "a billion years", said he had accepted his shock election defeat on Friday, 22 years after seizing power in a...
Gambia’s Jammeh Loses To Barrow
The Gambia's president of 22 years Yahya Jammeh will be replaced by a property developer, Adama Barrow, after losing the general election. Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, has agreed...
Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh Loses To Adama Barrow
The Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh, has lost the Gambian election to an estate agent, Adama Barrow, who led a collation of seven opposition parties. The head of The Gambia’s electoral...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh ‘concedes Defeat’
President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years since he staged a coup, has conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow, the chairman of the electoral commission said on Friday....
Gambia’s President Jammeh ‘to Concede Defeat’
The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh is about to concede defeat, the electoral commission chairman has told the BBC. Mr Jammeh, who has been in power for 22 years, faced estate agent Adama Barrow in...
Over Half of 53 Constituencies In Favour of Opposition
Presidential election polls closed at 17:00 GMT throughout the 1,422 polling stations in 53 constituencies in the seven administrative regions of The Gambia. Barrow beat incumbent President Yahya...
Yahya Jammeh, What Do You Have Up Your Sleeve?
Can we now talk about Yahya Jammeh? The man who wears the most suspicious smile in the world. A cheery face is the last you would expect of an African warrior as masculine as Mr Jammeh , the man who...
Ghana Will Be Fastest Growing African Economy In 2017
A leading African economic think tank expects Ghana to have economic growth of 8.7 percent in 2017, the fastest of 54 countries ranked on the continent. Cote d’Ivoire (8.3), Congo (8.0), Ethiopia...
Musings Of A Naïve African
Africa or African states largely have reasonable cause to reconsider their membership of the International Criminal Court, even if it means reversal of their Rome Statute ratification. My stance is...
Jammeh Bans Internet, International Calls
The Gambia has banned the internet and international phone calls as presidential elections are held in the West African state. Officials have also banned demonstrations to prevent unrest after the...
Re: Don’t Change Me For Changing Sake
I perused through, albeit with a glint of incredulity, President John Dramani Mahama’s somewhat weird caution to Ghanaians not to fall for the ‘change’ calls being trumpeted by the opposition...
Zuma To Attend Funeral, Mugabe Off To Cuba, Jammeh Suspends Campaign
Two African leaders have confirmed their participation in the funeral of the late Cuban leader and nationalist, Fidel Castro. Another leader has suspended his political campaign to mourn. South...
Don’t Change Me For Changing Sake
President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians not to fall for the ‘change’ calls being trumpeted by the opposition New Patriotic Party ahead of the December polls. According to the President, the...
Withdrawal of African Countries Does Not Make Sense – Judge
A judge at the International Court of Justice ICJ, Julia Sebutinde wants African countries who wants to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to re-consider. Burundi, the Gambia and...
African Exit From ICC Must Be Stopped
The apparent African exodus from the international criminal court must be stopped or the most heinous crimes will be allowed to go unpunished, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and one of...
I Considered Referring US To ICC After Trump Win
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "post-election violence" following the election of Donald Trump....