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by Emil TOURAY Agence France-Presse BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) – A year ago, Gambians wept for joy as Yahya Jammeh went into exile, bringing the curtain down on a brutal 22-year rule. Today, many say freedom of speech in this small west African state is a right they cherish under President Adama Barrow’s administration. “There is a democracy, everybody feels free. Disappearances without a trace — all that’s over now,” said teacher Kalipha Dampha, referring to the dreaded […]
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) — Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow will be sworn into office on Gambian territory on Thursday (January 19), Senegal’s Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye said on Wednesday (January 18), despite the incumbent, Yahya Jammeh, refusing to step down. “President-elect Barrow will be sworn in tomorrow on Gambian territory, he will form his government, he will name his vice-president, and the international community will join him,” he said on Senegal state television. It was not […]
BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday declared a state of emergency just two days before he was due to step down, denouncing what he called dangerous foreign meddling in the country’s post-electoral crisis. The measure was prompted by the “unprecedented and extraordinary amount of foreign interference in the December 1 presidential elections and also in the internal affairs of The Gambia,” Jammeh announced on state TV. The 15-nation Economic Community Of West […]
