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Gambia: Ecowas Defence Chiefs Prepare for Military Action
Premium Times, 15 January 2017
The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin, on Saturday hosted colleagues from other West African countries as ECOWAS steps up preparation for a possible military… Read more »
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Gambia: Gambia - President-Elect Barrow to Remain in Senegal Until Swearing-in
Premium Times, 15 January 2017
Senegal will host Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow until his swearing-in ceremony, the state-owned Senegalese news agency APS reported Sunday. Read more »
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Gambia: President-elect Barrow Leaves Gambia For Talks as Mediation Fails
Al Jazeera, 14 January 2017
Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow has travelled to Mali's capital to meet leaders attending a summit jointly hosted by France in Mali as uncertainty grows over Gambia's… Read more »
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West Africa: Gambia Tests Region's Defence of Democracy
The Conversation Africa, 15 January 2017
The Gambia is an opportunity to reinforce election quality norms for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The 15-member regional group was initially set up as a… Read more »
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West Africa: Buhari-Led Gambia Talks Deadlocked
This Day, 15 January 2017
An ECOWAS delegation to Gambia led by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday left the country with peace talks inconclusive. It was a last-ditch attempt to persuade… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Vows to Take All Necessary Actions in Gambia
Daily Trust, 14 January 2017
ECOWAS fails to arrange power transfer in Gambia - President-elect Barrow Read more »
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Gambia: Barrow is President From January 19 - AU
Guardian, 15 January 2017
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Gambia: The Gambia, Jammeh and the Proverbial Bull in a China Shop
Guardian, 15 January 2017
The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people is an agriculturally fertile land famous for tourism, especially its attractive beaches. But from 1994, the… Read more »
Gambia's President-elect Barrow in Senegal Until Inauguration
Senegal will host Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow until his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, the state-owned Senegalese news agency APS reported Sunday. Last week, Barrow travelled to Mali's capital to meet leaders attending a summit jointly hosted by France after the failure of a last-ditch attempt by regional mediation team to persuade longtime leader Yahya Jammeh to step down. According to reports, west African leaders are preparing military action.
