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EU Pledges $80 Million Aid to Gambia after Two-Year Suspension

  By Lamin Jahateh The European Union pledged 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending aid due to human rights abuses by.

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Gambia: ECOWAS Troops to Start Returning Home

Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will start returning home this month from Gambia, from where long-time leader Yahya Jammeh was forced to flee last month, paving the.

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Gambia’s Barrow Asks Regional Force to Stay For Six Months -U.N

Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow has asked a West African military operation, which pressured his predecessor to go into exile after he refused to accept his election defeat, to remain.

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UN to Help Ensure Smooth Transition in Gambia

The United Nations has deployed officials to Gambia to help ensure a smooth transition from former President Yahya Jammeh’s government to that of incoming President Adama Barrow, according to Dr..

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Gambian President Barrow to Return Home Thursday: Aide

Gambian President Adama Barrow, who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators engineered an exit deal for predecessor Yahya Jammeh, is to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide.

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Gambia: New President Names Woman VP

President Adama Barrow has appointed as deputy leader a woman who had vowed to prosecute exiled leader Yahya Jammeh. Barrow, still in Senegal, said the appointment was designed to address.

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Jammeh’s Presidency “Officially Over”: Gambia’s President-Elect Says

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said Thursday his inauguration would take place at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal, as longtime leader Yahya Jammeh refused to give up power. He made.

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Gambia’s Top Court Adjourns Jammeh’s Poll Challenge

African judges due to help Gambia’s Supreme Court hear a challenge by President Yahya Jammeh’s electoral defeat last December failed to show up on Tuesday, forcing the chief justice to.

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Gambia: Regional Leaders Fail to Reach Deal with Jammeh

By Edward McAllister Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s ruling party challenged his defeat in a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as West African leaders failed to reach.

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West African Leaders to Press Gambia’s Jammeh to Quit

By Edward McAllister West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after losing an election.

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