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  • Gambia Crisis Heightens as New President Inaugurated

    news Human Rights Watch, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Adama Barrow Promises to Turn Page on Rights Abuses Jim Wormington Researcher “This is the day we’ve been waiting for,” Sanna told me as he and hundreds of Gambians gathered outside their country’s embassy in Dakar, Senegal to celebrate the inauguration today of President Adama Barrow. Barrow...
  • Mission de la dernière chance en Gambie

    news Le Figaro, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Plusieurs dirigeants de pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest sont attendus vendredi à Banjul, la capitale gambienne, pour convaincre le président sortant Yahya Jammeh, de quitter pacifiquement le pouvoir. Après être entrées sur le territoire gambien jeudi après-midi, les troupes sénégalaises et de quatre au...
  • Gambia's Jammeh asks for extension of deadline for him to leave power

    news Reuters, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    12:45pm GMT BANJUL Jan 20 (Reuters) - Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh has asked the West African bloc ECOWAS for an extension of a midday deadline for him to leave power until 4 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), government sources said on Friday. Guinea's President Alpha Conde and Mauritania's...
  • The 654th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on the post-election situation in The Islamic Republic of The Gambia

    news African Union Peace and Security Council, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 654th meeting held on 20 January 2017, adopted the following decision on the post-election situation in The Islamic Republic of The Gambia: Council: 1. Takes note of the briefing made by the Chairperson of the Commission, Dr. Nk...
  • Gambie : le HCR et l'UNICEF mobilisés pour aider les personnes fuyant au Sénégal

    news UN News Centre, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    20 janvier 2017 – Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) et le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF) ont indiqué être prêts à intervenir pour aider les personnes qui ont fui la Gambie pour trouver refuge au Sénégal voisin. « Selon le gouvernement sénégalais, envi...
  • Afrique de l'Ouest : le Conseil de sécurité appuie les efforts de médiation et de prévention des conflits de l'ONU

    news UN News Centre, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    20 janvier 2017 – Le Conseil de sécurité a exprimé vendredi son « plein appui » au Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel, Ibn Chambas, et aux efforts menés par son bureau dans la résolution des problèmes politiques et sécuritaires auxquels est confrontée la...
  • Some 45,000 people have fled uncertainty in Gambia as tension mounts

    news UNHCR, 20 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    It is feared that more people may continue to leave as the situation remains tense Around 45,000 people are now reported to have arrived in Senegal from The Gambia – according to the Senegalese Government, amid the ongoing political uncertainty as Senegalese and West African troops entered the co...
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    Security Council Resolution 2337 (2017)

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    Adopted by the Security Council at its 7866th meeting, on 19 January 2017
    Publish date: 19 January 2017 (7 years ago)
    Create date: 26 January 2017 (7 years ago)
  • Thousands flee Gambia as crisis deepens

    news Al Jazeera, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Civilians and tourists leave and regional forces deploy as President Jammeh refuses to cede power despite election loss. Large numbers of Gambians have fled their homes and soldiers from neighbouring Senegal have begun moving towards the borders amid a deepening political crisis. Yahya Jammeh,...
  • NAF DEPLOYS TO SENEGAL TO ENFORCE ECOWAS MANDATE IN THE GAMBIA

    news Nigerian Air Force, 19 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    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 The Gambia. The NAF toda...