(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…]
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President-elect Barrow’s Responds To Jammeh’s Pronouncement
(JollofNews) – The remarks from the Outgoing President, broadcast over GRTS, which were made during talks with representatives of the Africa Bar Association, who are on a Fact Finding Mission, deserve a response from the office of the Incoming President. It is important for the Gambian people, in particular, and[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…]
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