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Six weeks ago, The Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh, seemed determined to emulate Zimbabwe’s, Robert Mugabe. Specifically, he refused to cede power after voters ousted him in a free and fair election on December 1, 2016. Alas, Jammeh is just the latest African despot attempting to hold on to power. … It eventually took military force to remove… Read more.
The African Union has said it will no longer recognise The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as the country’s leader from next Thursday, when his term ends. The bloc warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Mr Jammeh’s refusal to give up power causes a crisis… Nigeria’s leader has flown to Banjul to try to broker a deal… Read more.
Yahya Jammeh, the autocratic ruler of The Gambia, has moved to resist his presidential election defeat, sending armed soldiers to take control of the electoral commission headquarters and filing a petition to the supreme court as a delegation of African leaders urged him to stand down… Making up the most important delegation ever to descend… Read more.
