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  • Crise en Gambie: des milliers de personnes fuient le pays craignant des troubles

    news RFI, 15 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Par RFI Publié le 15-01-2017 Modifié le 15-01-2017 à 01:15 Des milliers de personnes ont quitté la Gambie ces derniers jours craignant des troubles en raison de la crise politique qui secoue ce pays. Des Gambiens mais aussi des Sénégalais, des Mauritaniens, des Guinéens, et des Libériens qui part...
  • Adama Barrow à Dakar: la Cédéao joue serré

    news RFI, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Adama Barrow est à Dakar. Une situation particulière puisqu’il est censé prendre ses fonctions dans 4 jours, le jeudi 19. Une cérémonie qui aura lieu, affirment ses proches. Le séjour du futur président de la Gambie serait justifié par des raisons de sécurité. Le choix de la capitale serait lui géog...
  • African Union to cease recognising Jammeh as Gambia's leader

    news France24, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Latest update : 2017-01-13 The African Union (AU) will cease to recognise Yahya Jammeh as Gambia's president as of January 19, when his mandate expires, the organisation's Peace and Security Council said on Friday. The decision comes as West African leaders are visiting Gambia in a last-ditch ef...
  • Gambian President-elect Gains Support in Leadership Crisis

    news Voice of America, 14 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow met Saturday in Mali with world leaders trying to arrange a peaceful outcome of the West African country's leadership crisis. Barrow was officially declared the winner of last month's election by a slim margin. Yahya Jammeh, who has been power in Gambia since ...
  • Amid progress in West Africa and the Sahel, UN envoy warns of region’s political challenges

    news UN News Centre, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    13 January 2017 – Briefing the Security Council on the situation in West Africa and the Sahel region, a senior United Nations official cited a “rising tide of democracy” throughout the continent, noting that a number of countries had recently held elections which largely complied with electoral norm...
  • Gambia's President-elect arrives in Senegal after talks fail

    news Reuters, 15 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    By Emma Farge | DAKAR Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has left the country for neighboring Senegal, a coalition member and local media said on Sunday, a day after West African leaders failed to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step aside. Barrow, a former real estate agent, won a Dec. 1 ...
  • United Nations Must Continue Supporting West Africa’s Efforts to Uphold Gambia Election Results, Special Representative Tells Security Counc...

    news United Nations, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    SECURITY COUNCIL 7862ND MEETING (AM) SC/12681 Amid a “rising tide of democracy” across the African continent, the United Nations must continue to support regional efforts to ensure that the Gambia’s recent election results were upheld, stressed the Organization’s senior official in West Africa...
  • Le Chef de l’UNOWAS, M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, salue la montée d’une « marée démocratique » en Afrique, en dépit de la situation en Gambie

    news United Nations, 13 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    CONSEIL DE SÉCURITÉ 7862E SÉANCE – MATIN CS/12681 Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général et Chef du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS), M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a salué, aujourd’hui, devant le Conseil de sécurité, la montée d’une véritable « marée d...
  • Gambie : les habitants fuient

    news BBC, 16 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Beaucoup de gambiens ne sont pas du tout rassurer par la situation politique dans leur pays. Le dialogue interne et la médiation de la Cedeao (Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'ouest) n'ont toujours pas permis de mettre fin à la crise politique postélectorale. A l'embarcadère de B...
  • Gambian citizens flee country over political unrest

    news Africa News, 15 Jan 2017 (7 years ago )
    Dibie Ike Michael with AFP GAMBIA Prolonged political uncertainty and fear of unrest have pushed thousands of Gambians across the border into neighbouring Senegal and farther to Guinea-Bissau. The national coordinator for Guinea-Bissau’s refugee commission, Tibna Sambe Na Wana said more th...