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The Gambian Navy led by Rear Admiral Sarjo Fofana, have also abandoned Jammeh while pledging to pass allegiance to Adama Barrow after swearing-in. A private military contractor (Humint), Naval Intelligence and Counter Terrorism/Insurgency personnel with a twitter handle, @DonKlericuzio...

Adama Barrow has been sworn in as Gambia's new president.

Adama Barrow has been sworn in as the President of Gambia at the Gambian Embassy in Senegal. Speaking after his swearing in, he said:

Gambia's dictator, Yahya Jammeh has said he is not ready to go or step down for anyone. Jammeh's information chief told BBC Africa correspondent immediately after the swearing-in of Adama Barrow as the President of Gambia that his boss - reportedly entrenched in Gambia's State House - is not...

Adama Barrow has officially been sworn in as the President of Gambia. BBC reports that the ceremony was administered by Sheriff Tambadou, president of the Gambian Bar Association. He was sworn in at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar. Gambia now has two men claiming to be president.

Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has arrived at his country's embassy in Senegal for his inauguration. See photos:

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...

Adama Barrow is the President, currently in-exile of The Gambia, having won the presidential election of 2016. He is a member of the United Democratic Party . Adama Barrow, a successful property developer who has never held public office, will Thursday (today) be sworn in as the Gambian...

Tension, anxiety has enveloped the Islamic Republic of The Gambia over the whereabouts of the outgoing President, Yahya Jammeh. In a last-minute attempt by Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to convince Jammeh to give up the presidency, failed on late Wedneday. There are...

Banjul, the capital city of The Gambia, looks like a ghost town following a threat by leaders of the Economic Community of West African States to forcefully remove Yahya Jammeh, who has refused to leave office after he lost the December 1 presidential vote to Adama Barrow. The city's busiest...

Nigerian Senate on Thursday expressed worried over deployment of Nigerian troops to Gambia without Senate approval. Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP/Enugu North) raised a point of Order while reading Section 5, sub-section 4 and 5 of the 1999 Constitution. Nigerian Airforce, NAF announced on...

Gambian Army at Command Centre Kanilai has communicated that they are joining ECOWAS forces to remove recalcitrant President Yahya Jammeh. This is coming as troops from Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali and Togo massed at the borders of Senegal, waiting for a green light to intervene and unseat...

President-elect, Adama Barrow will be installed as Gambia's new President, today, at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal, Nigerian Bulletin can confirm. Mr. Adama Barrow, has said the presidency of President Yahya Jammeh is officially over. “I would like to inform you that the...

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...

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...

ECOWAS troops have been ordered to capture Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh alive or dead. An ECOMOG military Commander, Maiga Mboro said “all the troops are already in place” and some not far from the Gambian border. Already 11 pilots, 11 crew members and 80 “supporting troops” have been...

Gambian military troops have pull back from strategic checkpoints in Banjul, the country's capital. According to Sahara Reporters, some of the troops also fled after declining to fight ECOWAS forces Gambian Army Chief had previously ordered his men not to engage ECOWAS force. “We are not...

Gambia’s army chief on Wednesday said that he would not order his men to fight other African troops if they enter Gambian territory. “We are not going to involve ourselves militarily. This is a political dispute,” Chief of Defence Staff Ousman Badjie said, after eating dinner in a tourist...

Edward Anthony Gomez, the lawyer to Gambia's Yahaya Jammeh has fled the country to Senegal to evade the impending forceful ouster of the President. In a letter penned to President Jammeh, he urged him to be a "champion of peace" and leave office.

Senegalese troops have been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure President Yahya Jammeh to stand down. Senegal gave him a midnight GMT deadline to quit and Nigeria has sent an air force contingent to Senegal in support of the possible intervention. Wednesday...