Gambia army chief says he recognizes President Barrow as commander-in-chief
Gambia's army chief Ousman Badjie Friday said he recognized new President Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief and would not fight a regional force poised to depose...
President Barrow joins Senegal’s Sall in Friday prayers
Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow today performed his Friday prayers with host Senegalese President Macky Sall at the Omarienne Mosque in Dakar.
President Barrow was sworn-in on Thursday...
ECOWAS forces temporarily halt operations in Gambia for final talks
The Senegalese and ECOWAS forces temporarily halt military operations in the Gambia to force the ex-president Yahya Jammeh to hand over power by force. Instead, he will...
Adama Barrow sworn-in as Gambia’s 3rd President
Adama Barrow took the oath of office as Gambia's new president of the third Republic on Thursday at country’s embassy in neighboring Senegal.
Barrow gave the oath in...
Mauritanian President Aziz in Dakar briefing President Sall after fail last attempt to convince...
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz who was in Banjul late Thursday in last ditch to convince outgoing and defiant President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power...
Amnesty: Soldiers arbitrarily detained as political crisis deepens
President Yahya Jammeh’s declared state of emergency in Gambia provides no justification for a crackdown on peaceful dissent around the January 19, 2017 deadline for the new...
Gambia’s capital, suburb towns rapidly turn ghost as political violence imminent
Gambia’s capital city, Banjul, has rapidly turned into a ghost town, hours ahead of the end of term of incumbent President Yahya Jammeh and swearing in of...
Environment & Health ministers resign
In yet another blow and a sign to outgoing President Yahya Jammeh that his government is over, two more ministers on Tuesday tendered their resignations, exactly less...
Yahya Jammeh declares State of Emergency in Gambia
Gambia’s outgoing President Yahya Jammeh has declared a State of Emergency on Tuesday less than 48 hours before his mandate ends on January 19th and to hand...
ECOWAS Youth Council pleas with Jammeh to go peacefully & continue with life of...
The youths of West Africa, led by ECOWAS Youth Council has joined the call on outgoing Gambian President President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power peacefully and...
Gambia’s Foreign Minister, 2 other Ministers resign from Jammeh’s gov’t
In yet another big blow and a sign to outgoing President Yahya Jammeh that his government is over, three ministers of his government on Monday tendered their...
Sirleaf reacts angrily after Jammeh broadcast conversation on TV, says ECOWAS position hasn’t change
Liberian President and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Governments has angrily reacted to Gambia’s outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s move in broadcasting their...
Gambia’s Chief Justice recuse himself from injunction to stop Barrow’s inauguration
Gambia’s Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle on Monday decided to stay himself away from the interlocutory injunction filed by outgoing President Yahya Jammeh for the court to stop...
Gambia’s National Assembly on ECOWAS mediation efforts
Gambia's National Assembly On Monday convened in an Extra-Ordinary Session to pass motion commending the efforts by the sub-regional body, ECOWAS, in resolving the post electoral impasse...
Jammeh phoned Sirleaf live on TV begging, calling her ‘My sister’
Gambia’s paranoid outgoing President Yahya Jammeh on Sunday made another surprising appearance on national television, this time on live phone call with ECOWAS Chair and Liberian President Ellen...
Senegal hosting Barrow until inauguration day
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday in Bamako agreed to accommodate Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow in Dakar and provide him security until his inauguration day next week,...
ECOWAS chiefs of Defence Staff meet on Gambian political impasse
West African military chiefs on Saturday met in the Nigerian capital Abuja as they prepare for a possible military action in The Gambia.
Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff...
UNHCR: ‘Thousands fleeing Gambia fearing potential unrest’
Several thousand people, mainly children, have crossed into Senegal from the Gambia in the last ten days to escape growing tension over the results of last month’s...
Barrow meets French President Hollande at Mali Summit, discusses Gambia situation
Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow today met with French president François Hollande at the France-Africa Summit in Mali and discuss the current political situation in The Gambia.
The ongoing...
Barrow held talks with West African leaders at France-Africa Summit in Bamako
Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow today held talks with West African leaders at the ongoing 27th France-Africa Summit in Mali.
The ongoing 27th Africa-France Partnership, Peace and Emergence Summit...