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Gambians return to the polls to vote for MPs

886, 578 registered Gambian voters are expected at the polls on Thursday, April 5, 2017 to elect 48 people out of 238 candidates into the National Assembly using the country’s distinct glass marble and ballot drums. 5,462 polling agents have been dispatched to the 53 constituencies nationwide to manage the process while 122 returning officers will ensure that counting of ballots runs smoothly, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairman Alieu […]

today6 April 2017

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Gambia’s President Barrow to return home on Thursday

Gambia's President Adama Barrow, who was inaugurated in neighboring Senegal as mediators engineered an exit deal for longstanding ruler Yahya Jammeh, is to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide said. Barrow has asked a regional force of several thousand soldiers to stay and help him restore democratic governance after they entered Gambia last week to enforce election results that brought an end to Jammeh's 22 years in power. […]

today26 January 2017

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Gambia: A lesson for African dictators

OPINION by Solomon Dersso Soon after the peaceful transition of power from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in the US, Gambia's crisis was also resolved without a single gunshot. The embattled President Yahya Jammeh appeared on national TV announcing his decision "to relinquish the mantle of leadership". Jammeh's decision to step down was not only important to his own people, as he effectively decided not to push the country into […]

today23 January 2017

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The Gambia: Ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh ‘plundered coffers’

The Gambia's ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers in his final weeks in power, stealing millions of dollars and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane, according to an aide to new president Adama Barrow. Jammeh, who ruled the small West African country for 22 years, flew into exile late on Saturday to Equatorial Guinea. He had refused to concede defeat in a December 1 election but eventually relinquished […]

today23 January 2017

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Adama Barrow sworn in as Gambia’s president in Senegal

Troops from a bloc of West African countries have entered Gambia in support of Adama Barrow, shortly after the new Gambian president called for international backing following his inauguration in neighbouring Senegal. Longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who came to power in a 1994 coup, has refused to step down despite losing a disputed December 1 presidential election to Barrow, deepening a political crisis. In a statement, Senegal's army said on […]

today20 January 2017

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