The Gambia

Former Gambian dictator, Jammeh, allegedly stole $50m

by Omoleye Omoruyi Another African president has been caught with his fingers in the country’s cookie jar, allegedly. This time it’s Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh who has been reportedly stolen “at least” $50m through a state telecoms company. BBC reported that a court has ordered that his remaining assets be frozen. The Justice Minister, Abubacarr Tambadou,... Read More

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Election

January 24, 2017

Reuben Abati: Once upon a time in Gambia

by Reuben Abati I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a two-day visit to the country. In the course of that visit, President Jonathan commissioned the new Chancery of the Nigerian Embassy in Banjul, and also met with the Nigerian community,... Read More

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January 22, 2017

From Abuja to Gambia and then Trumpland | See our top 10 photos from the past week

A photo of the Mosque that was attacked in the early hours of Monday by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu of the Bring Back Our Girls group were led on a guided tour of the North-East to gain an insight on the efforts of the military and Federal Government to... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 21, 2017

BREAKING: Jammeh leaves The Gambia

Former leader of The Gambia, Yayha Jammeh has finally departed the country. Jammeh, who has ruled the tiny West African nation for the past 22 years boarded the plane alongside his wife. A Gambian journalist, Abdoulie Sey, who witnessed the departure confirmed it via his Twitter account. Thomas Fessy, a West Africa correspondent for the BBC... Read More

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January 21, 2017

Jammeh set to leave Gambia for Equatorial Guinea

Former leader of The Gambia, Yayha Jammeh is expected to leave the country aboard a Mauritanian aircraft for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday. “I have decided today in good conscience to relinquish the mantle of leadership of this great nation with infinite gratitude to all Gambians,” Jammeh said on state television in the early hours... Read More

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January 20, 2017

President Adama Barrow set to return to Gambia

Gambian President Adama Barrow has hinted that he may be returning to Gambia after seeking refuge in Senegal. Barrow in a tweet on Friday thanked the President of Senegal, Macky Small for hosting him and his family. He wrote, “Thank you once again President @Macky_Sall for hosting me and my family” Barrow’s move followed the... Read More

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January 20, 2017

BREAKING: Jammeh accepts to step down – report

French news agency, France 24 reports that defeated leader of The Gambia, Yayha Jammeh has agreed to leave office. According to Nicolas Germain, a France 24 journalist, who specialises in African news said Jammeh is currently writing a statement in the presence of Guinean officials. Guinean officials tell @FRANCE24 that Jammeh currently writing statement where he accepts... Read More

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January 20, 2017

Gambia: We will welcome ECOWAS soldiers with “cup of tea” – Army Chief

Gambia’s army chief General Ousman Badjie has said that his men will not engage ECOWAS troops in a battle. Badjie said this on Friday while speaking to Reuters, stating that he recognised new President Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief and would not fight a regional force poised to depose Yahya Jammeh, who has refused... Read More

Cover Stories, The News Blog

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January 20, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari’s foreign medical trips are not justifiable

Starting from yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari commenced a ten-day working leave to the United Kingdom during which he will also embark on a medical check-up as revealed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. There is nothing unusual in a president going on a working leave: like every other human, they can... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 20, 2017

Adama Barrow worked as a security guard in the UK | 7 things you should know about Gambia’s new president

From the time Adama Barrow emerged winner of the Gambian presidential elections on December 1, he had been successfully upstaged by the now former President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh who had been president since 1994 when he seized power through a military coup had conceded defeat at the election but later changed his... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 19, 2017

Nigeria congratulates Adama Barrow

The Federal government has congratulated Adama Barrow on his swearing-in as President of The Gambia. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama stated this on Thursday via Twitter. “Nigeria welcomes the swearing-in of His Excellency: Adama Barrow – as President of The Gambia, today. Congratulations,” Onyeama tweeted. Barrow was sworn in Thursday evening at the Gambian... Read More

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January 19, 2017

Why Buhari met with Service Chiefs before going on vacation

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with service chiefs behind closed doors at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport before departing to London for a 10-day vacation. Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin told State House correspondents that the service chiefs updated the President on ongoing military operations. He said the President was briefed on operations... Read More

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January 19, 2017

AU Commission chief congratulates Barrow

Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has congratulated Adama Barrow on his inauguration as President of The Gambia. Zuma, who congratulated Barrow via her official Twitter account on Thursday called on Yayha Jammeh to bow out peacefully in the interest of Gambians. Zuma said, “I welcome & congratulate the new President... Read More

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January 19, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Is Nigeria over-doing its military adventurism in The Gambia?

The news that Nigeria will be contributing troops to the West African military force heading to The Gambia to enforce the election results that saw long-term leader Yahya Jammeh lose has been met with different reactions here at home. While some people laud the decision as necessary to uphold the choice of the Gambian people,... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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January 19, 2017

BREAKING: Senegalese troops enter Gambia

Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to back Adama Barrow as president. According to the BBC the troops aim to oust defeated President Yayha Jammeh who has refused to step down. On Thursday Barrow was sworn in as president of The Gambia at the country’s embassy in Dakar, capital of Senegal. Spokesman of the Nigerian... Read More

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January 19, 2017

BREAKING: Adama Barrow sworn in as President of The Gambia

Winner of the presidential election in The Gambia, Adama Barrow on Thursday even took the oath of office, becoming the third president of the West African nation. The oath of office was administered by Sheriff Tambadou, president of the Gambian Bar Association. The swearing-in ceremony held moments after Barrow arrived the country’s embassy in Dakar,... Read More

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January 19, 2017

Gambia: Barrow arrives for ‘inauguration’

President-elect of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has arrived at his country’s embassy in Senegal for his inauguration, BBC Africa reports. Barrow, who was dressed in all white waved at crowds outside the building before being escorted inside. According to Senegalese TV, all UN Security Council states are represented at the inauguration of Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow in... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

January 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The endgame in Banjul

by Olusegun Adeniyi Last Friday, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demonstrated an uncommon resolve when, following their meeting with a recalcitrant Yahya Jammeh, they asked Mr Adama Barrow to move with the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Monrovia. It was from the Liberian capital, according to an impeccable source,... Read More

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January 18, 2017

Jammeh: 200 Nigerian troops head to Senegal (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed to Senegal as part of Nigerian contingent of Economic Community of West African States Military Intervention in Gambia (ECOMIG) – a standby force tasked by ECOWAS Heads of State to enforce the December 1, 2016 election mandate in The Gambia. The NAF on Wednesday moved a contingent of... Read More

Cover Stories, The News Blog

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January 18, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: The inconsistencies of this government

by Cheta Nwanze One big issue with the current government is that they are consistent in only one thing — being inconsistent. What they fail to realise is that this habit of speaking from different sides of the mouth, or more accurately, different government officials saying whatever the fuck comes to their heads, has a... Read More

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January 13, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Will Buhari be safe in Gambia?

The President was due in The Gambia on Wednesday the 11th but owing to several factors, the trip where he, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and Chairperson of the Authority of Economic Community Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government, President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone, and the immediate past President... Read More

The Presidential Blog

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

December 16, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Tales of the unexpected

by Olusegun Adeniyi SCENE ONE: In the course of a break-in at a local branch of the Central Bank (not in Nigeria), one of the robbers, holding a pump action gun in his hands, shouted to everyone: “Don’t move, if you don’t want to die. The money in this bank belongs to the government while... Read More

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December 13, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Buhari arrives Banjul: to tell Jammeh what he should be telling his own ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari has just arrived Banjul, The Gambia, to meet with the country’s President, Yahya Jammeh, who lost the presidential election penultimate week. The President alongside the three other British West-African leaders, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, John Mahama and Ernest Bai Koroma in The Gambia to speak with President, Yahya Jammeh at the CoCo Ocean Resort... Read More

The Presidential Blog

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December 10, 2016

The Thread: After conceding defeat, Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh rejects results

Last week, The Gambia held its election. The victor of that election was Adama Barrow. Just days after conceding defeat to Adama Barrow, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh says he is rejecting the results of that election in its totality. Watch: https://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2016/12/10/161210GambianPresident2_desk.mp4 This, despite the fact that his concession call was captured on video. See reactions... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

December 8, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Is Sanusi also among the wailers?

by Olusegun Adeniyi Even though the naira was still very strong at the exchange rate of 60 kobo to a dollar (yes, in this same Nigeria!) and graduates could afford to be choosy when it came to employment and career prospects, there were tell tale signs by mid 1981 that the economy had begun to... Read More

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December 2, 2016

The Thread: It’s like Gambia won the World Cup

Africa and dictatorship go hand in hand. Mugabe is still ruling Zimbabwe with an iron hand at the ripe old age of 92. There’s something about our people and the thirst to remain in power at all costs. Such was Gambia’s case. Gambia is a small country in West Africa , with a population of... Read More

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