A deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed forces at 16:00 GMT has expired with no news. The earlier deadline of noon passed as the...
President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has said that he wish former leader Yahya Jammeh, will leave the country to enable him govern smoothly. According to him, Jammeh’s stay in the Gambia under...
The Secretary to former President John Mahama, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, has asked ECOWAS leaders to convince former President Rawlings to interfere in the political crisis in The Gambia. Mr. Jammeh,...
Outgoing president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has emerged with a new list of cabinet appointees and warned newly sworn in president Adama Barrow that he will file a case against to...
Yahya Jammeh asks for extension of deadline for him to leave power West African leaders are in The Gambia to try to persuade Yahya Jammeh to cede power to his elected successor. Mr Jammeh has asked...
The Secretary to former President John Mahama, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, has asked ECOWAS leaders to convince former President Rawlings to interfere in the political crisis in The Gambia. Mr. Jammeh,...
Knowing the nature of former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders should have captured him and removed him from office at the first talks to...
Urging all Gambian parties to respect the outcome of the 1 December election recognising Adama Barrow as the country’s President-elect, the United Nations Security Council has expressed its support...
Gambia’s longtime leader Yahya Jammeh has asked the West African bloc ECOWAS for an extension of a midday deadline for him to leave power until 4 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), government sources said...
After receiving commendations from prominent people for accepting defeat in the December 1, 2016 elections, incumbent Yayha Jammel shocked many when he decided not to step down. According to Mr....
The Gambia Chief of Defence Staff, Ousman Badjie, joined thousands of citizens and some military personnel in jubilation on the streets of The Gambia when the news broke that President Adama Barrow...
The Gambia Chief of Defence Staff, Ousman Badjie, joined thousands of citizens and some military personnel in jubilation on the streets of The Gambia when the news broke that President Adama Barrow...
New Gambian leader Adama Barrow has called on soldiers to show their loyalty to him to ensure a peaceful transition of power as he takes the oath of office in neighbouring Senegal. His rival Yahya...
Watch a livestream of happenings in The Gambia as the country's leader Yahya Jammeh refuses to cede power to the newly sworn-in President, Adoma Barrow. The Economic Community of West African States...
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has said mediators working to get Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power to the new President of The Gambia must consider Imams in the process. Deputy...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has halted a joint military operation on Thursday for final mediation talks with immediate past Gambian President Yahya Jammeh who refused to...
Former interior minister Prosper Bani has lauded Ghana’s decision to send soldiers to The Gambia to force Yahya Jammeh out of power. Ghana has contributed 205 combat troops to augment ECOWAS’...
Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to back Adama Barrow as president as former leader Yahya Jammeh refuses to stand down. The troops have been on the border of the country since Wednesday,...
It has increasingly been clear that the looming danger in Gambia presently has the propensity of igniting political violence. The incumbent government led by his Excellency Yahya Jammeh, the man who...
The inauguration of Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow is currently on going at the Gambian embassy in Senegal. Adama Barrow was declared winner of the December 1 2016 Gambian election. The country...
