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Gambia:
Hackers Target Gambia Govt Websites, Ask Jammeh to Quit
Premium Times, 12 December 2016
Forty-eight hours after it was attacked by unknown hackers, the official website of The Gambia's Government House is still down. Read more »
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West Africa:
Officials Deny Sirleaf Refused Landing Rights in Banjul
Liberian Observer, 12 December 2016
Government officials in Monrovia have vigorously denied a Reuters News Agency report that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African… Read more »
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Gambia:
Obama Must Read the Riot Act to Gambia's Jammeh As George W. Did for Liberia's Taylor
Liberian Observer, 12 December 2016
When Gambia's long term ruler and strongman, Yahya Jammeh accepted defeat in the December 1, 2016 elections and gracefully placed a call to the president-elect, Adama Barrow,… Read more »
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Gambia:
Adama Barrow Urges Jammeh to Accept Defeat
Al Jazeera, 10 December 2016
Adama Barrow, president-elect of The Gambia, has called on Yahya Jammeh to accept the outcome of last week's election after the incumbent overturned the result in a sudden… Read more »
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Gambia:
Security Council Calls On Jammeh to Respect Election Result
UN News, 10 December 2016
Strongly condemning the outgoing Gambian President's rejection of the official election results proclaimed by the country's Independent Electoral Commission, the United Nations… Read more »
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Gambia:
Liberia President and Ecowas Chair Expresses 'Deep Concern'
Govt of Liberia, 10 December 2016
The President of the Republic of Liberia and Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed deep concern about current… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ecowas, African Union and UN statement on Political Developments
Ecowas, 11 December 2016
The ECOWAS Commission, the African Union Commission and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) have received information that the Gambian incumbent… Read more »
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Gambia:
Ensuring a Peaceful Transition in The Gambia
State Department, 9 December 2016
Press Statement by Mark C. Toner, Deputy Department Spokesperson Read more »
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Gambia:
A Message to the Gambia - 'Build that Bridge'
allAfrica, 9 December 2016
The Gambia is free at last of Yahya Jammeh. Newly elected President Adama Barrow must now take bold steps to restore Gambia's place as a responsible West African nation, with… Read more »