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At African Union Summit, UN chief Guterres spotlights need to strengthen cooperation
news UN News Centre, 30 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )30 January 2017 – In his first address to the African Union since taking office, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the importance of a strategic AU-UN partnership for building sustainable development and advancing peace and security on the continent. Speaking in ... -
At least 26,000 people flee Gambia to Senegal as refugees -UN
news Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 18 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )by Reuters Wednesday, 18 January 2017 14:46 GMT ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh's decision to stay in power after losing an election in December could spark unrest, the United Nations said on Wednesday, c... -
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... -
Barrow invites all to his inauguration as president of The Gambia
news Punch, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )The President-elect of The Gambia has invited all to his inauguration as the President of of the country. Barrow said this in a tweet on Thursday that the inauguration would be holding at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, the Senegalese capital. Barrow had fled in the week to Senegal after Yahya Ja... -
Bissau-Guineans agree to choose a consensual Prime Minister and reform the constitution
news UNIOGBIS, 21 Oct 2016 (7 years ago )Conakry/Bissau, 14 October (UNIOGBIS / PIU) - After four days of talks in Conakry, the main actors in the Guinea-Bissau have agreed to a "consensual procedure of choosing a Prime Minister who the President of the Republic will thrust.” The Speaker of the People's National Assembly, the Prime Mini... -
Briefing to the Security Council on the Report of the Secretary-General on the Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and t...
news UNOWAS, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )1 July – 31 December 2016 By Mohamed Ibn Chambas Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWAS New York, 13 January 2017 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, 1. C’est un honneur pour moi de me retrouver devant cette auguste assemblée, pou... -
Could Adama Barrow be sworn in outside The Gambia?
news Africanews, 18 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Adama Barrow, Gambia’s president-elect is due to be sworn in on Thursday January 19, 2017 but it is becoming increasingly clear that the event may not come on. Gambia is currently under a 3 month (90 day) state of emergency imposed by President Yahya Jammeh after a legislative vote to that effect... -
Crise en Gambie: des milliers de personnes fuient le pays craignant des troubles
news RFI, 15 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Par RFI Publié le 15-01-2017 Modifié le 15-01-2017 à 01:15 Des milliers de personnes ont quitté la Gambie ces derniers jours craignant des troubles en raison de la crise politique qui secoue ce pays. Des Gambiens mais aussi des Sénégalais, des Mauritaniens, des Guinéens, et des Libériens qui part... -
Crise en Gambie: des milliers de personnes fuient le pays
news Le Point, 18 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )AFP Modifié le 18/01/2017 à 11:57 - Publié le 18/01/2017 à 11:37 | AFP Au début de l'année, Mme Sow a quitté la Gambie pour le Sénégal avec ses deux enfants, "en attendant une suite favorable à la situation" à Banjul, dit-elle pudiquement. Des milliers de Gambiens et d'étrangers fuient la crise ... -
Crise en Gambie: la Cédéao se laisse encore 4 jours pour trouver une solution
news RFI, 14 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )Par Paulina Zidi Publié le 14-01-2017 Modifié le 14-01-2017 à 21:38 La présence surprise d’Adama Barrow est un des moments forts de ce 27e sommet Afrique-France qui se tient actuellement à Bamako. Le président élu gambien, devenu le personnage central de cette rencontre, est au cœur d’une crise p...