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  • Après l'exil de Yahya Jammeh, la Cédéao sécurise la Gambie

    news RFI, 23 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Par RFI Publié le 22-01-2017 Modifié le 23-01-2017 à 04:07 En Gambie, au lendemain du départ en exil du président sortant Yahya Jammeh, la Cédéao sécurise le pays pour permettre le retour du président élu Adama Barrow. Une sécurisation mise en oeuvre par les troupes de la mission ouest-africaine ...
  • Yahya Jammeh says he will step down in The Gambia

    news BBC, 21 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    The Gambia's long-term leader Yahya Jammeh says he will step down, after refusing to accept defeat in elections. In an announcement on state TV, he said it was "not necessary that a single drop of blood be shed". The statement followed hours of talks between Mr Jammeh and West African mediators. H...
  • Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia after losing election

    news BBC, 22 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in Equatorial Guinea, regional group Ecowas says. Mr Jammeh was defeated in December's election by A...
  • Gambia's Jammeh asks for extension of deadline for him to leave power

    news Reuters, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    12:45pm GMT BANJUL Jan 20 (Reuters) - Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh has asked the West African bloc ECOWAS for an extension of a midday deadline for him to leave power until 4 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), government sources said on Friday. Guinea's President Alpha Conde and Mauritania's...
  • Mission de la dernière chance en Gambie

    news Le Figaro, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Plusieurs dirigeants de pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest sont attendus vendredi à Banjul, la capitale gambienne, pour convaincre le président sortant Yahya Jammeh, de quitter pacifiquement le pouvoir. Après être entrées sur le territoire gambien jeudi après-midi, les troupes sénégalaises et de quatre au...
  • Gambia Crisis Heightens as New President Inaugurated

    news Human Rights Watch, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Adama Barrow Promises to Turn Page on Rights Abuses Jim Wormington Researcher “This is the day we’ve been waiting for,” Sanna told me as he and hundreds of Gambians gathered outside their country’s embassy in Dakar, Senegal to celebrate the inauguration today of President Adama Barrow. Barrow...
  • Senegal: Around 45,000 have fled political uncertainty in The Gambia

    news UNHCR, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 20 January 2017 Around 45,000 people are now reported to have arrived in Senegal from The Gambia – according to the Seneg...
  • Troops Enter Gambia, as New President Is Sworn In

    news New York Times, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    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...
  • Gambia: Jammeh given midday deadline to go as troops close in

    news The Guardian, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    West African leaders tell former president to leave or be ousted as regional troops enter country to support successor West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh until midday on Friday to cede power after regional troops crossed the border in support of his democratically elected successor. ...
  • Statement by HRVP Mogherini on her phone conversation with President Adama Barrow of The Gambia

    news European Union External Action, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Bruxelles, 19/01/2017 - 20:06 - UNIQUE ID: 170119_11 I just spoke with the new President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, to congratulate him on his investiture this afternoon. I wished him every success for his mandate in full respect of the free will of the Gambian people expressed in the peaceful ...