President John Dramani Mahama is expected to be part of a delegation of West African leaders to visit The Gambia on Tuesday, December 12. The leaders are expected to talk President Yahya Jammeh out...
President John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday, November 12, 2016 join other regional leaders to Banjul, The Gambia, to hold talks with the country's leader Yahya Jammeh after he rejected results of...
That 2016 has been a year of political surprises and turbulence is as true as the sun will rise from the East every morning. In Europe the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union in a not too...
Even by West African standards, The Gambia, with a population of just under 2 million, is a very small country. Invaginated by the much larger Republic of Senegal like a peanut-butter spread – pun...
The Gambia's opposition coalition has called on President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election. Mr Jammeh initially accept the result but then...
The Gambia’s elections commission head has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s call to annul the election he was declared to have lost. Mr Jammeh said on state television on Saturday that he...
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh says he will launch a legal challenge to contest an election defeat that will bring an end to his 22-year rule. President Jammeh initially conceded after rival Adama...
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has reportedly backtracked over his resolve to hand over power to his successor, Adama Barrow, after ruling the West African nation for 22 solid years. In a...
The December 7, 2016, general elections have ended successfully and the good people of Ghana have accepted the outcome of the polls. It is worth mentioning that Ghana has maintained its enviable...
I have always been one to reserve judgement about the Legacy of Yaya Jammeh of The Gambia. But no more! He is the megalomaniac and erstwhile President of the smallest country in Mainland Africa,...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh must hand over power after defeat in elections, the UN Security Council has said. President Jammeh initially conceded to Adama Barrow in last week’s vote but has...
Gambian security forces deployed en masse on Saturday as President-elect Adama Barrow appealed for calm, a day after long-time President Yahya Jammeh reversed course to say he would not accept his...
At the time of composing this commentary, tension was high in the country because the Electoral Commission (EC) had not declared the winner of the recent general elections. Given the effect of the...
Gambian authorities have refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Saturday, dampening hopes for a political solution after...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the election which he lost earlier this month. In a reversal of his acceptance of the result last week, Mr Jammeh cited “abnormalities”...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the election which he lost earlier this month. In a reversal of his acceptance of the result last week, Mr Jammeh cited "abnormalities" in...
Yahya Jammeh is one of the longest serving Presidents in Africa Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of a December 1 election that he lost to opposition leader Adama...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of last week’s election that he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow and called for fresh elections. The announcement made...
Change is indeed coming! Perhaps 2016 is just a year of change. First was Nigeria, then USA and most recently not even the banning of internet and international calls could stop the wind of change...
The surprise presidential win of a real estate agent and political novice over Gambia’s leader of 22 years has the country, and many on the continent, celebrating. Gambia’s longtime leader, Yahya...
