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  • Rising number of people cross to Senegal from Gambia amid tension

    news UNHCR, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Most new arrivals are children, sent by their parents to Senegal as a precautionary measure. Several thousand people, mainly children, have crossed into Senegal from the Gambia in the last 10 days to escape growing tension over the results of last month’s presidential election. While some people ...
  • Adama Barrow à Dakar: la Cédéao joue serré

    news RFI, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Adama Barrow est à Dakar. Une situation particulière puisqu’il est censé prendre ses fonctions dans 4 jours, le jeudi 19. Une cérémonie qui aura lieu, affirment ses proches. Le séjour du futur président de la Gambie serait justifié par des raisons de sécurité. Le choix de la capitale serait lui géog...
  • Amid progress in West Africa and the Sahel, UN envoy warns of region’s political challenges

    news UN News Centre, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    13 January 2017 – Briefing the Security Council on the situation in West Africa and the Sahel region, a senior United Nations official cited a “rising tide of democracy” throughout the continent, noting that a number of countries had recently held elections which largely complied with electoral norm...
  • Gambie : les habitants fuient

    news BBC, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Beaucoup de gambiens ne sont pas du tout rassurer par la situation politique dans leur pays. Le dialogue interne et la médiation de la Cedeao (Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'ouest) n'ont toujours pas permis de mettre fin à la crise politique postélectorale. A l'embarcadère de B...
  • Gambie: Yahya Jammeh reste campé sur ses positions

    news RFI, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Par RFI Publié le 16-01-2017 Modifié le 16-01-2017 à 08:02 Comme à son habitude, c’est vers 22 heures que l’allocution de Yahya Jammeh a été diffusée à la télévision nationale. Tout en restant ferme sur ses différentes positions, il appelle au respect de la Constitution gambienne et confirme avoi...
  • WFP Welcomes Korea’s Contribution to Its School Meals Programme in The Gambia

    news Daily Observer, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    The Republic of Korea has contributed more than $US300, 000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s School Meals Programme in The Gambia. This will make it possible for WFP to expand its community based cash transfer to schools and reach up to 20,000 students with daily hot meals for eigh...
  • Statement attributed to UN Resident Coordinator, Edward Kallon, following meeting with Borno State Governor

    news UNDP, 12 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    This afternoon, I met with the Governor of Borno State, H.E Kashim Shettima at his office here in Maiduguri. During our meeting, the Governor and I exchanged a lot of ideas and important information on the ongoing humanitarian work in his State. His Excellency expressed his immense appreciation o...
  • Nigeria launches plan to end hunger by 2030

    news International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 11 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Nigeria makes history today with the launch of a strategic plan and roadmap to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The plan tagged: “Synthesis Report of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Review” articulates what Nigeria needs to do to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2)—one of the recently ado...
  • Crise politique en Gambie : des milliers de Gambiens fuient le pays par craintes de troubles

    news France 24, 17 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    La situation politique instable en Gambie fait craindre le pire aux habitants qui, par milliers, choisissent de fuir au Sénégal voisin et en Guinée-Bissau. Des milliers de Gambiens qui redoutent des troubles dans leur pays à quelques jours de la fin du mandat du président Yahya Jammeh, jeudi 19 j...
  • The Gambia's president declares state of emergency

    news BBC, 17 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. He decried "extraordinary" foreign interference in his country's affairs and December's election. Regional leaders have been unsuccessfully trying to persuade Mr Jammeh to hand over ...