President John Mahama has congratulated Mr Adama Barrow for emerging as winner in the recently held presidential election in The Gambia. “Congratulations to president-elect Barrow Adama of Gambia,” the Ghanaian president tweeted. President Yahya Jammeh, who was defeated in Thursday’s poll, has called Mr Barrow to concede defeat. “I’m calling you to wish you all … Read more
The Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh, has called opposition leader Adama Barrow to concede defeat. “I’m calling you to wish you all the best. The Gambian people have spoken and I’ve no intentions to contest the will of almighty Allah,” he told the president-elect on phone in the presence of the media after election results showed … Read more
The Gambia’s president of 22 years Yahya Jammeh will be replaced by a property developer, Adama Barrow, after losing the general election. Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, has agreed to accept defeat, said electoral commission chief Alieu Momar Njie. Before announcing the final result, Mr Njie appealed for calm … Read more
President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years since he staged a coup, has conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow, the chairman of the electoral commission said on Friday. “It’s really unique that someone who has been ruling this country for so long has accepted defeat,” Alieu Momar Njie told reporters. … Read more
The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is about to concede defeat, the electoral commission chairman has told the BBC. Mr Jammeh, who has been in power for 22 years, faced estate agent Adama Barrow in Thursday’s election. Electoral commission chief Alieu Momar Njie said it was unprecedented for a Gambian head of state to accept defeat … Read more