Tag: Yahya Jammeh
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BREAKING: Former President to stand trial over killing of Nigerians
Former President to stand trial over killing of Nigerians
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U.S. bars ex-Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, family
The United States has barred former President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia and his immediate family from the country. U.S. Department of State, in a statement on ‘Public Designation of The Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh,’ said the ex-president was sanctioned over “his involvement in significant corruption.” “The Department is publicly designating former president of The Gambia,…
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How Nigeria, ECOWAS forced Yahya Jammeh out of power in The Gambia – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday explained how Nigeria and other member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) forced former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh out of power in 2017. The president also expressed regrets that ECOWAS had to use `strong-arm tactics’ to make Jammeh relinquish power to the new president.…
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Gambia: Jammeh’s election challenge postponed
Gambia’s Supreme Court has declined ruling on President Yahya Jammeh’s petition to overturn his election defeat, the report said on Tuesday. It said that many Gambians wait nervously to see how the veteran leader will react to his rival’s planned inauguration this week. Jammeh initially conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow following the Dec.…
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‘I am alive’, Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow cries out
Gambia’s president-elect, Adama Barrow has refuted news of his assassination which became an item on the social media and on some local and foreign media on Wednesday. The report which was credited to CBN Television, Banjul had reported that Barrow was murdered by unknown assailants who overpowered his security guards, leaving two dead and six…