Yahya Jammeh

The Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has called on long-serving ruler Yahya Jammeh to give up power peacefully, like former colonial power Britain did in 1965.
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Senegal's troops are on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month, the regional bloc Ecowas says.
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The Gambia's President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the election result. He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he…
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By Mlondolozi Ndlovu MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his party will take part in the country’s harmonised elections in 2018, although continuing with its boycott of current by-elections in the country. Briefing journalists in…
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be "strongly sanctioned" if he tries to stay in power, the UN's regional envoy, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said.
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Military intervention in The Gambia is "possible" if President Yahya Jammeh does not step down after having lost elections, the head of the West African regional bloc Ecowas has said.
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The Gambia's security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country's president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred…
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By Mutsa Murenje From a more analytical point of view, it can be argued that Zimbabwe remains a blight on the African continent. There are a few other countries that give us a bad name as Africans, but Zimbabwe clearly tops the list…
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By Morgan Tsvangirai Welcome to this press conference that we have called after robust meetings of the national executive and the national council. The national executive met yesterday and the national council, the party’s supreme…
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The Gambia's opposition coalition has asked President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election. Mr Jammeh initially accepted the result but then reversed his decision, saying he…
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