Bissau, 01 Nov 16 (ANG) – A Política Nacional da família, visando melhorar as condições sociais dos agregados guineenses, em particular as que vivem em situação de extrema pobreza foi recentemente validado num ateliê organizado pela ONU. Os proponentes pretendem com o documento, entre outras fina...

SECURITY COUNCIL 7862ND MEETING (AM) SC/12681 Amid a “rising tide of democracy” across the African continent, the United Nations must continue to support regional efforts to ensure that the Gambia’s recent election results were upheld, stressed the Organization’s senior official in West Africa...

DAKAR, SENEGAL, 27 October 2016 (UNHCR) – Significant progress has been made to eradicate statelessness around the world, but ongoing conflicts are putting those advances at risk. Marking the second anniversary of the global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, ...

UEMOA/ Inaugurada em Bissau primeira sede da organização nos países membros 2016-11-03 (ANG) - A representação da União Económica e Monetária Oeste Africana passou, a partir de hoje, a contar com a própria sede, incluindo residência do seu representante no pais, sita no bairro de Enterramento, arr...

By Ben Westcott, CNN Updated 0757 GMT (1557 HKT) January 19, 2017 current gambia president refuses to step down sevenzo_00011128 Source: CNN (CNN)A midnight deadline has passed in the Gambia, leaving the African country in flux with two presidents and West African troops massed on the border. ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The political standoff in Gambia intensified on Thursday as foreign troops crossed the border with orders to dislodge a repressive leader who has refused to step down after losing a presidential election last month. Gambia’s erratic leader, Yahya Jammeh, seized power in a coup 22...

Civilians and tourists leave and regional forces deploy as President Jammeh refuses to cede power despite election loss. Large numbers of Gambians have fled their homes and soldiers from neighbouring Senegal have begun moving towards the borders amid a deepening political crisis. Yahya Jammeh,...

THE 50th ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) Abuja, 17 December 2016 Speech by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Your Excellency Madam...

22 January 2017 – The United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have commended the “goodwill and the statesmanship” of the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who decided to facilitate an immediate and orderly transition process and t...

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 ...