*Military resolution may be a last resort Some West African leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door to discuss their response to the political …
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Contrary to widespread media reports, Gambia’s president-elect, Adama Barrow, is hale and hearty. CBN Television, Banjul had earlier reported that he was murdered by that unknown assailants who overpowered his …
Read More »Jammeh, Gambia & proverbial bull in a China shop
From Paul Ejime The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people is an agriculturally fertile land famous for tourism, especially its attractive beaches. But from 1994, …
Read More »Buhari inaugurates ECOWAS Mediation Support Team for The Gambia
*President-elect to be sworn-in on 19th January 2017 President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a Mediation Support Team (MST) in line with his mandate as the Economic Community of West African …
Read More »ECOWAS to use military to force Jammeh out of Gambia
ECOWAS chairman, Mr. Marcel de Souza, says the commission has put military forces on stand-by in case the outgoing President of The Gambian, Yahya Jammeh, refuses to step down. President …
Read More »I won’t step down, Gambia’s Jammeh tells ECOWAS
*Condemns mediation effort by regional bloc Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned the mediation diplomacy by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to …
Read More »Gambia: Barrow taunts Jammeh, says too late dictator
*Dogara lashes out on Jammeh, hails Ghana *Begs ECOWAS to save Gambia from anarchy President-Elect Adama Barrow of Gambia said that the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh has no constitutional …
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