Tag Archives: Gambia

The Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh stole “at least” $50m from the state before he left the country in January.

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — President Adama Barrow returned triumphantly to Gambia on Thursday, nearly two months after winning an election disputed by the country’s longtime dictator, to the cheers of hundreds of thousands who jammed the roads in welcome.

The ECOWAS Commission has said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by President Adama Barrow.

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh agreed Friday to yield power to the man who defeated him in last month’s presidential election, a Senegalese government official said.

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country’s presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region.

President Muhammadu Buhari, his Liberian and Ghanaian counterparts, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and John Mahama, will on Tuesday, leave for Banjul, Gambia to put diplomatic pressure on President Yahya Jammeh to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow.

Gambia’s opposition candidate Adama Barrow has won the presidential polls with 263,515 votes, beating the incumbent Yahya Jammeh, with over 50,000 votes.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia has become the third African nation to say it will leave the International Criminal Court, deepening fears of a mass pullout from the body that pursues some of the world’s worst atrocities.