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Obasanjo to head Commonwealth observation of The Gambia's Presidential Election

By Danielle Paquette and Anthony Faiola  DAKAR, Senegal — First the president expressed shock. Then he refused to accept the results of the election. It was late 2016, and Gambia’s ruler of 22 years — Yahya Jammeh — triggered global outrage when he rejected an unexpected loss to his political rival. “I lament serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired …

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) recently signed an agreement with the Republic of The Gambia to provide a loan to finance the second phase of a development project at the capital’s Banjul International Airport. The improved facilities will see jobs increase to over 1000. The number of passengers will increase by 43%, reaching 400,000 per year.

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.