Tag: ADAMA BARROW
Adama Barrow appoints vice president for The Gambia
President Adama Barrow is planning to return to The Gambia on Tuesday, as West African troops have secured the country, a spokesperson said on...
Disgraced Yahya Jammeh agrees to leave power
Gambia's defeated leader Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he has decided to relinquish power, after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the...
Last chance: ECOWAS gives Jammeh till Friday noon to resign
West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia.
Jammeh has been given until noon...
Troops enter Gambia to install President Adama Barrow
Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country's new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said.
It comes...
Tragic Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passes
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite the threat of military intervention by neighbouring states.
Adama Barrow, who beat him in elections...
Gambia: Jammeh declares 90-day state of emergency
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends.
He decried "extraordinary" foreign interference in...