Yahya Jammeh

By Max Bearak | The Washington Post | The 22-year reign of one of Africa’s most eccentric and self-serving dictators came to an end last month when the president of Gambia — whose full title was His Excellency Sheikh Professor…
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Gambian President Adama Barrow said Saturday that every aspect of his tiny west African state would need an overhaul after ex-leader Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule, but that its dreaded secret police would remain. Barrow faces an uphill…
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Former Gambian Minister of the Interior Ousman Sonko has been arrested in Switzerland for crimes against humanity, alleged while he served under 22-year leader Yahya Jammeh.
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By Mutsa Murenje Former United States President Barack Obama did not assume the US presidency to be missed by Zimbabweans or Africans when he eventually left the White House. His election and meteoric political ascendancy was based on…
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Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile.
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Gambia's new President, Adama Barrow, says he will return to the country on Thursday to assume power - days after his predecessor left. Mr Barrow, who has been staying in neighbouring Senegal, won elections in December. However…
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By Benjamin Semwayo After ruling The Gambia with an iron rod for two decades Yahya Jammeh’s days are finally over. Jammeh is remembered for terminating the peace and tranquillity that had characterised The Gambia during the four-century…
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By Justice Benjamin Paradza There has been a paradigm shift in African governance with African states intervening to safeguard and implement the democratic election result in The Gambia. Swift, decisive action by ECOWAS (The…
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Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that they have offered former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh political asylum after leaving his country on exile last Saturday.
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By Eddie Cross Forget Trump, we in Africa were watching the Gambia and the drama there as African leadership for once, stood up to a bully and a tyrant and insisted he respect the outcome of an election and leave office on the day his…
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