African forces are preparing to enter Gambia should President Yahya Jammeh not step down. The move comes after failed efforts by regional powers to persuade the leader to honor the results of a December election.
West African regional forces announced on Wednesday that they were preparing for a possible military deployment to Gambia in the event that Jammeh refused to step down.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article
AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.