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21Jan/17

A look at Gambia’s Jammeh 22 years in power as he announces he is stepping down

January 21, 2017PoliticsAdama Barrow, Africa, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, BANJUL, Countries, Dawda Jawara, Gambia, Gambian constitutional crisis, Gambian presidential election, Government of the Gambia, In Africa, Jammeh, Politics, President of the Gambia, Senegal, The Gambia, United Kingdom, Yahya Jammehsmbale

From military fatigues to traditional robe, Gambia’s longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a coup in 1994, announced he was stepping down under pressure from West African armies which entered the country following his refusal to concede an election defeat to President Adama Barrow. Continue reading →

21Jan/17

Gambia’s Jammeh announces he is relinquishing power

January 21, 2017PoliticsAdama Barrow, Africa, Alpha, BANJUL, Countries, Country: The Gambia, Dakar, Decades, ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia, Gambia, Gambia Yahya Jammeh, Gambian constitutional crisis, Guinea, In Africa, Jammeh, Jammeh Foundation for Peace, Kanilai, Lieutenant generals, Mai Ahmad Fatty, Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ousman Badjie, Politics, Senegal, The Gambia, Yahya, Yahya Jammehsmbale

Longtime ruler of Gambia Yahya Jammeh announces he is stepping down as president to avoid bloodshed.

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17Jan/17

Gambia’s President Jammeh declares state of emergency

January 17, 2017PoliticsAdama Barrow, Africa, BANJUL, Countries, Gambia, Gambian ambassador to China, Gambian constitutional crisis, Gambian presidential election, In Africa, Jammeh, Politics, Politics of the Gambia, The Gambia, Yahya Jammehsmbale

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh appears on state television and declares state of emergency, one day before official mandate ends.
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10Dec/16

Gambia’s president rejects election defeat

December 10, 2016PoliticsAdama Barrow, Africa, Australian Football League, Chapman, Countries, Decades, Economic Community of West African States, Gambia, Gambian constitutional crisis, In Africa, Jammeh, Paul Chapman, Politics, Republics, The Gambia, United Nations Security Council Resolution, United States, Yahya Jammehsmbale

Gambia’s president says he now rejects the outcome of an election which he lost after 22 years in power. Paul Chapman reports. Continue reading →

13Dec/15

Gambia president declares country an Islamic republic

December 13, 2015PoliticsAfghanistan, BRUFUT, Commonwealth of Nations, Countries, Economic Community of West African States, Foreign relations of the Gambia, Gambia, Gambian constitutional crisis, International organizations, Iran, Islam in the Gambia, Islamic republic, Jammeh, Politics, Republics, The Gambia, The Gambia–Iran relations, United Kingdom, Yahya Jammehsmbale

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh declares the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to distance the West African state further from its colonial past.
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