Gambia’s UDP Takes Control of Post-Jammeh Parliament
The Gambia’s United Democratic Party (UDP) emerged from decades in opposition in the country’s parliament to take its first absolute ...
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Gambia’s Opposition UDP Wins Absolute Majority From Jammeh Party
The Gambia's longtime opposition won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, easily defeating the party of ousted leader Yahya Jammeh, ...
The Vote Gambia’s President Barrow Must Win
Gambians will today vote for members of their one-chamber parliament. They are the first polls since Yahya Jammeh left power ...
Gambians Head To Polls For First Post-Jammeh Vote
Gambians head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with ...
Dancing In the Dark With Jammeh’s Diehard Supporters
They came to dance in green t-shirts adorned with Yahya Jammeh's grinning face and to sing the old songs of ...
Gambia Ruling Coalition Breaks Up Ahead of April Poll
The Gambia's ruling coalition has broken apart ahead of a parliamentary poll next month, dealing a blow to new President ...
Gambia Coalition Near Collapse Over Legislative Election
Gambian coalition parties that united last year to deliver the first new president in 22 years are unlikely to run ...
Gambian Police Launch Probe Into Journalist’s Beating
Gambian police have launched an investigation into a violent public assault of a reporter by supporters of President Adama Barrow, ...
Gambia Scraps Age Limit For Presidential Candidates
The Gambian parliament on Tuesday scrapped the constitutional age limit on presidential election candidates after new President Adama Barrow faced ...
Jammeh Loyalists Decry Police Arrests, Plan Protests To Demand Release
Dozens of opposition supporters in the Gambia have been arrested by police in the western town of Kafenda – a ...
Gambian Leader Sworn In At Packed Stadium
The Gambia has sworn in its new president, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands. It is the ...
New Gambia President Adama Barrow To Be Inaugurated
New Gambian President Adama Barrow is due to be formally inaugurated in the capital Banjul where celebrations will mark 52 ...
The Real and Imagined Crimes of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh
The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh wielded a potent mix of brute force and mysticism to keep citizens in a ...
The Gambia To Remain In ICC
Gambian President Adama Barrow has reiterated his pre-election promise that the country will not pull out of the International Criminal ...
Appeals To Faith and Patriotism Persuaded Gambia Ex-Leader To Quit
Conakry (AFP) - In pushing Yahya Jammeh to give up The Gambia's presidency, negotiators played on two key cards: his ...
Managing President Yahya Jammeh’s Exit
"I have decided today in good conscience to relinquish the mantle of leadership of this great nation with infinite gratitude ...
What Made The Embattled Ex-President Stand Down
Yahya Jammeh signed the deal which had major input from ECOWAS, AU, UN, as well as Presidents of Mauritania and ...
UN Envoy To Hold Talks With Gambia’s New President
UN Secretary-General Special Representative for The Gambia, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, plans to have further discussions with Gambia’s new President Adama ...
Adama Barrow Appoints Former Minister Under Jammeh As Vice President
President Adama Barrow has appointed Fatoumata Tambajang as vice-president, Halifa Sallah, his spokesman, disclosed on Monday. Tambajang once served as minister ...
Adama Barrow Appoints Woman As Vice President
President Adama Barrow has appointed Fatoumata Tambajang as vice-president, Halifa Sallah, his spokesman, disclosed on Monday. Tambajang once served as minister ...