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The wife and children of outgoing President Yahya Jammeh may have left Banjul, the capital city of Gambia on the eve of the deadline given him by the ECOWAS and the African Union to quit power. Jammeh, a former soldier who once vowed to rule for “a billion years”, is refusing to step down...

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...

Morocco has offered The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh a golden opportunity asylum in return for accepting election defeat and stepping down, a local news website reported on Tuesday. Recall that Nigerian Bulletin reported that the House of Representatives in Nigeria had voted to grant the...

Gambia's Vice President, Isatou Njie-Saidy, has also resigned amid mounting pressure for outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to step down ahead of tomorrow's inauguration of Adama Barrow. His resignation is coming as Yahya Jammeh got nod from The Gambia's parliament to extend his 22-years ruling in...

Ahead of uncertainty that trails the country’s presidential inauguration, Gambians have hit the market to buy enough should they have to stay indoors for long. Gambians were taking precautions and stocking up on food and supplies in the few shops that remained open in districts close to the...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh looked determined to cling to power on Wednesday as his mandate came to an end, while tourists packed onto planes in an exodus sparked by the country’s state of emergency. Brian and Yvonne Souch, a couple from Witney in southern England, told AFP they were...

The U.S. has warned the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, saying he is losing opportunities to peacefully handover to President-elect Adama Barrow and avoid the consequences of his actions. Jammeh’s tenure ends Jan. 19, the same day that Barrow is expected to be sworn-in as his...

According to a Gambian journalist and Human Rights activist, President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has fueled and parked his plane in the middle of the tarmac ready for escape. The escape comes as a second option should the ECOWAS troops swoop in on him. According to the reporter, the president's...

Yahya Jammeh, outgoing President of Gambia has declared a 90-day state of emergency two days before expected handover; BBC reports. Jammeh made the announcement on state television.

Gambia’s tourism and culture minister, Benjamin Roberts has become the sixth cabinet member to resign his position. Observers believe the resignations showed that Yahya Jammeh, who ruled Gambia for 22 years with an iron fist, is increasingly politically isolated. Jammeh's tenure expires...

Apprehension grips The Gambia as the Thursday deadline for President Yahya Jammeh to step down looms, it's all calm at State House, which he has occupied for the last 22 years, BBC reporter who visited the capital city reports. BBC Africa, Umaru Fofana said soldiers and police officers are...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given the embattled President of The Gambia, Mr. Yahya Jammeh, till midnight tomorrow to vacate office and hand over power to the country’s President-Elect, Mr. Adama Barrow, or be ousted by force. The commission has planned military...

More trouble is brewing as Gambia's ministers for finance, foreign affairs, trade, environment and tourism have resigned from President Yahya Jammeh's government. Hon. Benjamin Adam Roberts becomes the latest in Jammeh's government to resigned over intense plot to remove Yahya Jammeh remove...

President-elect, Adama Barrow has written to the people of The Gambian ahead of Thursday's inauguration despite Yahya Jammeh's refusal to hand over power after losing December election, Nigerian Bulletin gathered. Recall that on Sunday, eight-year-old son of Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow...

President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has kicked against the decision of the African Union to stop recognizing his government after 19th of January, 2017. READ: AU Set to Disown Yahaya Jammeh as Gambia's President In a statement released online, the Gambian government described the African...

Neneh MacDouall-Gaye has resigned his position as Gambia's foreign minister. See resignation letter as forwarded to President Yahya Jammeh:

Liberia’s presidency has reacted angrily to the broadcasting of a phone conversation between President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Gambia’s demoralized President Yahya Jammeh. Gambia’s presidency recorded and leaked the tape to state broadcast network, GRTS. A spokesperson for Mrs. Johnson...

Gambia's Chief Justice on Monday has turned down Yahya Jammeh's request to stop President-elect, in a bid that stamped President-elect, Adama Barrow's inauguration on Thursday, January 19, Nigerian Bulletin can report. Chief Justice of Gambia's Supreme Court, Emmanuel Fagbenle told outgoing...

Out-going President, Yahya Jammeh has ordered military hardwares all over the streets of Banjul, the national capital and other parts of the tiny West African nation. A Gambian, Mrs Fatou Abdoulaye who arrived Calabar in Nigeria said the build up is at the instance of President Yayha Jammeh who...

Gambia's dictator, Yahya Jammeh has broke diplomatic relation by televising a phone conversation with Liberian President, Sirleaf Johnson over the political crisis brewing the tiny West African nation. The paranoid outgoing President Yahya Jammeh on Sunday made the surprising live televise...