(JollofNews) – West African leaders are still pursuing mediation to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Gambia where President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept defeat in an election last month, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday. Sirleaf told reporters after a meeting among regional leaders in Ghana’s[Read More…]
Author: Reuters
W/African Leaders To Take ‘Major Decision’ On Gambia, Nigeria Says
(JollofNews) – West African leaders will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a spokesman for the Nigerian presidency said on Friday. The West African ECOWAS bloc said last month it would take all necessary steps to uphold the result[Read More…]
Gambian President Jammeh Says He Will Not Step Down
(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to leave power after he lost a Dec. 1 election to challenger Adama Barrow. The comments on state television late on Tuesday were a[Read More…]
NEWS LIKE YOU, ON THE GO
