The Gambian Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a minister convicted of killing his colleague to life in prison. The minister was one of...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRRC) set up by Gambian President, Adama Barrow has said that former President Yahya Jammeh was responsible for the killing of...
The government of the United Kingdom has slammed sanctions on former President of Gambia, Yahaya Jammeh and his wife, Zineb over alleged human rights abuses. “Today’s...
Two weeks ago, new allegations were added to a litany of human rights abuses that have been levied against the former president of The Gambia, Yahya...
Former long-term leader of Gambia Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family have been blocked from entering the United States of America in announcement made...
Gambian President Adama Barrow Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari was key to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, former president of the country, during the political crisis...
No less than 50 supporters of ex-President Yahya Jammeh have been arrested by police in Gambia for harassing followers of newly sworn-in leader Adama Barrow amid...
The curtain fell on the 22-year-reign of The Gambia strongman Yahya Jammeh Saturday night when Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s leased Falcon 900 flew Jammeh and his family...
By Reuben Abati… I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid am two-day...
More details of the peaceful battle to restore democracy in The Gambia became known yesterday. After days of stand-off, former President Yahya Jammeh suddenly agreed to...
Disgraced former President Yahya Jammeh has one more chance to prevent bloodshed and avoid a violent removal from office. With troops already on ground inside The...
By Joseph Edgar… Nigerians in their enthusiasm are edging on our President to send troops. Everybody is feeling a sense of de ja vu, it will...
The Gambia’s National Assembly jolted ECOWAS member countries on Monday as it announced extension of President Yahya Jammeh’s tenure by three months beginning from Wednesday. Jammeh...
We are just hearing that the Gambian courts could not seat, the returning officers at the elections have fled the country and the ECOWAS mediation team...
Rising from a meeting among regional leaders in Ghana’s capital Accra, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told reporters on Saturday that the ECOWAS regional bloc did...
The electoral commission chairman in Gambia, Alieu Momar Njai is now on the run after he fled the country following threats on his life. According to...
In the discharge of his mandate as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for The Gambia, President Muhammadu Buhari has activated the process...
Though Senegal is to lead a planned military intervention in Gambia if its president, Yahya Jammeh, fails to step down when his mandate expires on January...
Defiant Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has condemned mediation efforts by the African regional bloc ECOWAS aimed at making him see reason to step down from office....
West African leaders resolved at the end of an ECOWAS leader’s summit in Abuja at the weekend to ensure to uphold Gambia’s vote results. They said...
Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia urged leaders at the bloc’s summit in Abuja on Saturday to...
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Banjul, the Gambia Tuesday morning to meet with the country’s President, Yahya Jammeh, who lost the presidential election penultimate week. The Nigerian...
Moves are being made to prevail upon incumbent Gambian President Yahyah Jammeh who surprisingly rejected the outcome of the last presidential election citing serious anomalies while...
The Gambian comedy of errors By Joseph Edgar… President Jammeh of The Gambia has captivated the world with his eccentric approach to governance. He has held...
In what is seen in some quarters as a move which may spark civil strife, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has surprisingly rejected the outcome of the...
By Joseph Edgar… It was a very friendly conversation with a tinge of humor, serious banter and a lot of prayers wishing his successor well. This...
By Edwin Okon jr… After twenty-two years in power, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh graciously conceded defeat on Friday, December 2, 2016 to his opponent Adama Barrow...
Just like Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, reports say that Yahya Jammeh of Gambia is set to concede defeat to the opposition in the just concluded presidential...
The West African country of Gambia has announced it is quitting the International Criminal Court (ICC) after accusing the world body of ignoring the “war crimes”...
