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    World Jammeh Leaves Entourage Stranded In Guinea Conakry

    Senegalese forces continue to make arrests of former Yahya Jammeh loyalists in The Gambia’s security set up as the former President left most of them stranded at the Guinea Conakry. The latest being four guards assigned to Jammeh’s wife, Zineb Souma Jammeh, who were arrested while trying to...
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    World Adama Barrow To Return To Gambia Tomorrow

    Gambia’s President Adama Barrow is due to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide Amie Bojang said on Wednesday. Barrow who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators sought an exit deal for his predecessor Yahya Jammeh, on January 19. “He is leaving tomorrow and will arrive in...
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    World Jammeh's Exit: Heavy Weapons Missing From State House Arsenal

    Heavy weapons were taken out the Gambia’s presidential compound ahead of the departure of former ruler Yahya Jammeh. According to Gambia news platform, SMBC, the weapons are now nowhere to be found and ECOWAS forces are conducting a search. The regional forces have disarmed Gambian soldiers...
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    World Why I Allowed Yahya Jammeh To Leave Gambia – President Adama Barrow

    President Adama Barrow of Gambia has pledged to ensure the smooth transfer of power to his successor when his tenure as president elapses. Mr. Barrow in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, on Sunday night also explained why he allowed the former President, Yahya Jammeh o...
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    World Jammeh Exceeds Second Deadline, Guinean, Mauritanian Presidents Beg Him

    The 5pm (Nigerian time) deadline for Yahya Jammeh to make up his mind over his future has passed. It was pushed back from a noon deadline earlier in the day. Reports say Mr Jammeh's former vice-president, Isatou Njie-Saidy, is at State House as last chance negotiations there continue. The...
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    World Gambia: ECOWAS Gives Update, Reveals Total Number Of Troops Ready To Oust Jammeh

    Head of the ECOWAS commission to The Gambia, Marcel de Souza, has given an update on the strength of the troops sent to the country. De Souza said a total of 7,000 troops from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Mali would be involved in the operation. Recall that the West African armies...
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    World Gambia: ECOWAS Troops Halt Invasion Temporarily, Give Jammeh Till Noon Friday

    West African armies late Thursday halted an operation in Gambia aimed at installing the country’s new president, Adama Barrow. The decision is to enable regional leaders make one last attempt to convince longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh to step aside. “We think that up until the last minute...
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    World Yahya Jammeh At Official Residence, Loyalists To Resist ECOWAS Force

    Gambia's Yahya Jammeh is at his official residence and intends to stay there, AP news agency quotes an official close to his administration as saying. If he is to be arrested by a regional military force, it will be at State House and many of Jammeh loyalists there will resist, the official...
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    World Adama Barrow Speaks: Yahya Jammeh's Era Is Over

    President-elect of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has said the presidency of President Yahya Jammeh is officially over. Mr Barrow, who won the 1 December 2016 election, is currently in Senegal under protection as ECOWAS troops have entered the tiny West African country to force Mr Jammeh out as his...
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    World Nigerian Airforce Joins Senegalese Troops, Awaits Order To Remove Jammeh

    Nigerian Airforce, NAF has announced that they have joined Economic Commission for West Africab States, ECOWAS armed forces stationed on Gambia - Senegal border waiting to move on Yahya Jammeh. Senegalese troops had been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure...
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