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Can Barrow stem flow of young Gambians heading for Europe?
news BBC, 26 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Considering its population of less than two million, The Gambia accounts for a high proportion of those crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. The BBC's Alastair Leithead asks whether the new president can change this. In a tiny shop unit along a dark corridor and through a narrow alleyw... -
Gambia: Barrow expected back on Thursday, economy top priority
news Africanews, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Victor Muisyo with AGENCIES Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow says the country’s economy is his top priority when he returns to Banjul, as he promises a new cabinet and creation of new jobs in a road map to the country’s recovery. He is due to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide told... -
Daily Press Briefing: Trip Announcement, The Gambia, Somalia, Central African Republic, Guest, Honour Roll
news UN Web TV, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, U.N. ENVOY SAYS WILL SUPPORT NATION-BUILDING AND SMOOTH TRANSFER OF POWER IN THE GAMBIA Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), briefed the Security Council this morning ... -
Video: Joy as refugees return to a Gambia without Jammeh
news France 24, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Video by Patrick FANDIO , Marie DEMARQUE , Tristan LE PAIH Text by FRANCE 24 Latest update : 2017-01-25 Refugees have been streaming back into Gambia since the departure on Saturday of strongman Yahya Jammeh, who finally bowed to international pressure to accept his election defeat. In the... -
Refugees for a second time: How the Gambian crisis reawakened the trauma of a Sierra Leonean family
news IFRC, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Published: 25 January 2017 8:31 CET By Moustapha Diallo, IFRC Hasinatu Camara’s baby boy is crying incessantly. He is certainly hungry. Camara frantically rummages through her skilfully tied up pieces of luggage, to reach for her baby’s food. Camara is one of the 95 refugees staying in a h... -
At least 8 000 Gambians return home since Jammeh's exit
news News 24, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )2017-01-25 06:54 Dakar - At least 8 000 Gambians who fled the country have returned since strongman Yahya Jammeh went into exile after being threatened with regional military intervention, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. Political outsider and businessman Adama Barrow won a December el... -
ZIGUINCHOR : UN VASTE MOUVEMENT DE RETOUR DES RÉFUGIÉS VERS LA GAMBIE (HCR)
news Agence de press Sénégalaise, 25 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )25 janvier 2017 à 11h33min Dakar, 25 jan (APS) - Au total plus de 7900 réfugiés gambiens ont traversé entre samedi et lundi dernier le point de passage frontière de Selety (région de Ziguinchor) pour rentrer chez eux a appris l’APS, mercredi. 530 réfugiés gambiens ont franchi la frontière s... -
As Gambia crisis passes, displaced return from Senegal
news UNHCR, 24 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Several thousand people have returned to the Gambia since ex-president Yahya Jammeh ceded power. ZINGUINCHOR, SENEGAL (UNHCR) – John* could not hide the relief on his face as he waited with his wife and children for a bus at Senegal’s Selety border crossing to take them back to their home in the ... -
Gambie : levée de l'état d'Urgence
news BBC, 24 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Le parlement gambien a levé l'état d'Urgence imposé la semaine dernière, moins d'une semaine après le départ de l'ex président Yahya Jammeh Selon l'envoyé spécial de la BBC à Banjul, un membre de l'ancien parti au pouvoir s'est excusé pour avoir soutenu cette décision, dont le seul but était d'ai... -
Gambie : 8 000 réfugiés de retour depuis le départ de Yahya Jammeh
news Jeune Afrique, 24 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )24 janvier 2017 à 20h22 — Mis à jour le 25 janvier 2017 à 08h55 Depuis l'éclatement de la crise politique en Gambie, en décembre, de très nombreuses personnes ont fui le pays par crainte de troubles. Selon l'ONU, au moins 8 000 d'entre elles seraient de retour depuis le départ en exil de l'ex-pré...