BANJUL — Gambia’s ministers of finance, foreign affairs, trade and the environment have resigned from President Yahya Jammeh’s government, state television said, as regional forces prepare to oust the veteran leader unless he steps down…
Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has taken refuge in neighboring Senegal ahead of his inauguration in three days. Despite President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to step aside, Barrow insists he will take power. After 22 years in…
The Nigerian Army has denied reports that it was planning to attack Gambia, and remove Yahya Jammeh. This was made known in a statement signed by Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman Director Army Public Relations…
The Nigerian Army has raised an army battalion that would be deployed in troubled Gambia to forcefully remove President Yahya Jammeh from power if he fails to step down on January 19, 2017. The battalion,…
Gambia’s electoral chief has fled the country after he received threats for declaring longtime President Yahya Jammeh the loser of last month’s election. According to relatives, Independent Electoral Commission Chairman Alieu Momar Njai fled to…
A radio station deemed to be critical of the Jammeh administration has been shut down by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Sunday. The privately-owned radio station Taranga FM was forced to shut down…
The clock is ticking by the seconds, minutes and hours. Months are being reduced to weeks of expectations of peaceful transfer of executive power. Soon it will be days to the D-Day. No one doubts…
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. President Jammeh had earlier conceded defeat in the election, after a 22-year-rule, but…
When the West African country, The Gambia went for Elections about a fortnight ago, I did not pay much attention. I knew it was a foregone conclusion. Yahya Jammeh the maverick dictator of 22 years…
The president-elect of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has said that during his term in office the Gambia’s economy and legal system will have to be reformed. Barrow told RFI in an exclusive interview that what…