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    World Yahaya Jammeh: Nigerian Troops Arrive Senegal for Gambia Invasion

    Nigerian troops on Thursday arrived Dakar, Senegal to join ECOWAS troops for the invasion of Gambia. The Nigerian troops will join others from Ghana and Senegal. Earlier in the week, the Nigerian Navy moved the Navy war Ship NNS UNITY to Senegal while the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) also...
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    World Yahaya Jammeh: Senegalese Troops Enter Gambia

    Senegalese military troops have entered Gambia to forcefully remove Yahaya Jammeh. This follows the swearing-in of Adama Barrow as President in Gambia's embassy Senegal. "We have entered Gambia," Senegal Army spokesman Abdou Ndiaye said according to UK Telegraph. The Senegalese troops are...
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    World [VIDEO] Adama Barrow's Speech After His Swearing-in as Gambia President

    Adama Barrow has been sworn in as the President of Gambia at the Gambian Embassy in Senegal. Speaking after his swearing in, he said:
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    Politics [VIDEO] Ekweremadu Questions Buhari's Authority to Send Nigerian Troops to Oust Jammeh

    Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu during plenary on Thursday questioned President Muhammadu Buhari's authority to send Nigerian military troops to help oust President Yahaya Jammeh of Gambia out of office.
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    World ECOWAS Invasion: Gambian Military Troops Desert President Jammeh

    Gambian military troops have pull back from strategic checkpoints in Banjul, the country's capital. According to Sahara Reporters, some of the troops also fled after declining to fight ECOWAS forces Gambian Army Chief had previously ordered his men not to engage ECOWAS force. “We are not...
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    World Lawyer to Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh Flees to Senegal

    Edward Anthony Gomez, the lawyer to Gambia's Yahaya Jammeh has fled the country to Senegal to evade the impending forceful ouster of the President. In a letter penned to President Jammeh, he urged him to be a "champion of peace" and leave office.
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    World Ghana Sends 205 Combat Troops to Force Jammeh Out of Office

    Apart from Senegal, Ghana is also sending military troops to Gambia to force President Yahaya Jammeh to hand over power to Adama Barrow. Ghana is sending 205 combat troops to Gambia for the regional mission, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a statement on Wednesday. "The objective is to...
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    World Gambia: Adama Barrow Speaks Ahead of Tomorrow's Inauguration

    As the situation in The Gambia gets tense over the refusal of Gambia's President, Yahaya Jammeh to step down, the President-elect, Adama Barrow – who is taking refuge in Senegal has spoken ahead of the inauguration – that is scheduled to hold tomorrow. In a simple tweet, (Adama_Barrow) said...
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    World AU Set to Disown Yahaya Jammeh as Gambia's President

    The Gambian Supreme Court has thrown out a suit filed by President Yahaya Jammeh aimed at stopping the inauguration of opposition leader and president-elect Adama Barrow on the 19th of January, 2017. On Monday, the country’s chief judge, Emmanuel Fagbenle, a Nigerian, declined to grant the...
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    World Jammeh's Ejection: ECOWAS Army Chiefs Prepare for Possible Invasion of Gambia

    Army chiefs of ECOWAS countries have met to discuss a possible military invasion of The Gambia to eject President Yahaya Jammeh. According to a report from The Nation, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, on Saturday hosted colleagues from other West African countries as Economic...
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    Metro Yahya Jammeh: ECOWAS Chiefs Of Defence Staff in Crucial Talk On Gambia Political Crisis [PHOTOS]

    The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has hosted some ECOWAS CDS’s at the Defence Headquarters, (DHQ) Abuja as part of efforts to mitigate the political impasse in Gambia following the refusal of President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power to the president elect...
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    Politics Buhari Heads to Gambia to Meet Jammeh

    Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Banjul, the capital of The Gambia and Bamako, the Malian capital from January 13 to 14, 2017, a presidential release has stated. He will be accompanied by Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, the Ministers...
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    World Jammeh Appoints Mediator Between Self and Adama Barrow, Throws Gambia Into Confusion

    President Yahaya Jammeh has thrown Gambia into confusion after appointing a mediator – Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle – between himself and President-elect Adama Barrow but still rejected the election outcome. According to him people should wait for the Supreme Court verdict before which he is...
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    World Yahaya Jammeh Shifts Buhari, ECOWAS' Visit To Friday

    The High Level ECOWAS mediation mission led by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has pushed forward its visit to Banjul, the capital of Gambia, to Friday. This is at the instance of Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, a statement from the Presidency said. "In accepting to postpone the visit...
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    World President Jammeh Suffers Huge Setback at Gambian Supreme Court

    President Yahaya Jammeh needs to find another way to remain in power beyond next week, as his court case against Adama Barrow’s election has run into a ditch. Gambia’s Supreme Court said today that it cannot rule for several months on Jammeh’s challenge against his electoral defeat on 1...
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    World President Jammeh Fires 12 Gambian Ambassadors for Telling Him to Step Down

    President Yahya Jammeh has sacked 12 Gambian ambassadors for telling him to step aside and relinquish power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, a foreign ministry source on Monday told AFP. Gambia’s ambassadors to China, Britain, Turkey, Senegal, and the United States, as well as the country’s...
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