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Nigeria deploys troops for peace keeping in Gambia

Robert Imoh — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:45:44 +0000

The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Friday, announced the deployment of 197 personnel for the peace keeping mission in the Gambia. The Chief of Operations Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Boniface Sinjen made the announcement in Jaji, Kaduna State, at the graduation of troops of Nigerian Company 9 Economic Community of West African States Mission in The […]

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The Gambia: Why we forced Yahya Jammeh out, by Buhari

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:45:43 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment that leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had to use `strong-arm tactics’ to get former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh out of office. Jammeh, who re-contested Gambia’s presidential election on December 1, 2016, had refused to step aside even after failing to win the […]

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Gambia: The triumph of diplomacy and consensus, by Louis Okoroma

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:54:58 +0000

The departure of Gambia’s leader of 22 years, former President Yahya Jammeh on the 21st of January, 2017 into exile in Guinea, is a good ending to a drama that while it lasted created fear, foreboding and uncertainty, not only in Gambia where the unfortunate drama began but also in West Africa and indeed the […]

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Jammeh…The end

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:24:15 +0000

President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has confirmed that defeated President Yayah Jammeh has stepped down. Barrow, on his twitter handle on Friday, @adama_barrow said: “I would like to inform you that Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down. “He is scheduled to depart Gambia today. #NewGambia.” Barrow on Thursday took the oath of office […]

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Senegalese troops enter The Gambia

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:41:34 +0000

Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia in support of Adama Barrow, who was sworn in as president on Thursday after winning last month’s election. Barrow took the oath of office at the Gambian embassy in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and his legitimacy has been recognised internationally. But the strongman he defeated, Yahya Jammeh, is refusing to […]

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Barrow to Gambian Armed Forces: As your Commander-in-Chief, I command you to remain in the barracks

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:01:56 +0000

Mr Adama Barrow was on Thursday sworn in as the third president of The Gambia in an inauguration which took place in the country’s embassy in Senegal. President of the Gambian Bar Association, Sherrif Tambadou, conducted the exercise as Barrow took the oath of office. Barrow was relocated to Dakar by the ECOWAS Mediation Team […]

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Senate opposes deployment of troops to Gambia by Buhari

Freedom Online — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:30:53 +0000

The Senate on Thursday opposed President Muhammadu Buhari’s deployment of troops to The Gambia without the approval of the National Assembly. The Federal Government had deployed troops to Gambia, if President Yahya Jammeh refused to leave office and handover to President-elect, Adama Barrow by January 19. Speaking during plenary, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu), who raised […]

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The Gambia: NAF deploys 200 men, air assets to enforce ECOWAS mandate, Senegalese troops amass at border

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:29:45 +0000

As the deadline given to Yahya Jammeh to hand over power to Adama Barrow, the elected president of Gambia, ends at midnight of January 18, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed a contingent to Senegal. This is part of Nigeria’s contribution to the Economic Community of West African States Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG) […]

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The Jammeh challenge and Buhari’s gambit, by Chukwudi Enekwechi

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:21:57 +0000

Once again, Nigeria is returning to the era when our leaders played pivotal leadership roles in resolving knotty political issues within the ECOWAS sub-region. Firstly, Nigeria’s foreign policy is hinged on Africa as being the core or centrepiece of our foreign policy. Expectedly, on assumption of office, President Muhammadu Buhari did not depart from this […]

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Jammeh: Buhari leads UN/AU/ECOWAS team to Gambia

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:36:09 +0000

L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari; President of Liberia, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson; President of Islamic Republic of Gambia, Sheikh Prof. Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh; former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama and Vice President of Gambia, Isatou Njie-Saidy, at a High Level UN/AU/ECOWAS Joint Mission in Gambia meeting with Jammeh at the State House, Banjul…on Friday.

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Supreme Court postpones hearing in Jammeh’s petition

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:30:20 +0000

Gambia’s Supreme Court, on Tuesday, postponed hearing in a petition filed by outgoing President Yayah Jammeh to challenge the results of the December 1 presidential election, which he lost to Adama Barrow. The court’s registrar said: “The case has been adjourned until January 16, since only one of the required minimum of five judges is […]

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The Gambia: Buhari, West African leaders in closed door meeting

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:52:56 +0000

Some West African leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door to discuss the political impasse in The Gambia. Presidents of Liberia and Senegal, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Macky Sall, as well as former Ghanaian President John Mahama are attending the meeting. The representative of the United Nations to West Africa […]

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Gambia refuses entry to ECOWAS head amid election dispute

Freedom Reporter — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 20:16:15 +0000

Gambian authorities have refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Such move is dampening hopes for a political solution after President Yahya Jammeh rejected the results of elections that he lost on December 1. Jammeh on Friday called for another election in the tiny […]

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Gambia’s Jammeh loses election after 22-year rule

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:57:44 +0000

Opposition candidate Adama Barrow has won the Gambian presidential polls with 263,515 votes, the electoral commission said on Friday. The commission’s chair, Alieu Njie, said he was followed by President Yahya Jammeh with 212,009 votes, Mama Kandeh came third with 102,969 votes. “What we see in this result is a change of government. “The incumbent […]

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