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The Naked Truth About 2017

The Naked Truth About 2017

The dawn of 2017 signals a new beginning for many Liberians. In addition to the many New Year’s resolutions, it is the year in which Liberians are expected to go to the polls to elect a president along with 73 representatives for the next six years. The process that has commenced with a voters’ registration […]

Sierra Leone Pull Out of Hosting Ecowas Championship

Sierra Leone Pull Out of Hosting Ecowas Championship

Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA) has pulled-out from hosting both the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) senior and U-20 Athletics championship. The country’s athletics body’s decision to turn-down the hosting opportunity came almost at the 72 hours expiration grace period given by the President of Athletics Region Zone II Federation, Momar Mbaye. According […]

The Day Democracy Won in Gambia

The Day Democracy Won in Gambia

The ActionAid youth network, Activista, has played a key role in getting the former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, to recognize the democratic election result and resign. On the 20th of January, Jammeh finally left the position to Adama Barrow, who was elected on December the 1st. Even though he was the one deciding […]

African Union, United Nations Praise President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Role in The Gambia

African Union, United Nations Praise President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Role in The Gambia

The African Union and the United Nations have bestowed honor and praises on the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The continental body and the United Nations also honored the West African sub-regional body, which President Sirleaf chairs. The […]

Newly Elected Adama Barrow Faces Test As He Returns to the Gambia

Newly Elected Adama Barrow Faces Test As He Returns to the Gambia

The Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow will return to the capital Banjul on Thursday, days after long-standing ruler Yahya Jammeh, who initially disputed the election results, was forced into exile. Barrow had to be inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as regional powers threw their weight behind the new leader and threatened military intervention if Jammeh refused […]

Keep Calm and Love Trump – History Tells Us Good Could Come From This

Keep Calm and Love Trump – History Tells Us Good Could Come From This

So last week, that obnoxious man Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Barack Obama, America’s first African-American president, and one of its suavest and most intellectual leaders exited the scene. Sometimes I felt Obama was a genetically modified politician, engineered to commit no social fault. As one article […]

President Adama Barrow Requests Ecowas Force to Remain for 6 Months

President Adama Barrow Requests Ecowas Force to Remain for 6 Months

The ECOWAS Commission has said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by President Adama Barrow. Marcel de Souza said this while briefing members of the diplomatic corps and partner organisations on the political situation in The Gambia on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. De Souza, however, said […]

National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Plane Helped Remove Jammeh

National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Plane Helped Remove Jammeh

Indications have emerged that a plane belonging to the National Leader of All Progressives Congress ,APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was used to fly ex-Gambian President, Mr. Yahaya Jammeh out of the country. Vanguard learnt that the gesture was in furtherance of the reconciliatory efforts of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, in the […]

Gambia – A Lesson for African Dictators

Gambia – A Lesson for African Dictators

Soon after the peaceful transition of power from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in the US, Gambia’s crisis was also resolved without a single gunshot. The embattled President Yahya Jammeh appeared on national TV announcing his decision “to relinquish the mantle of leadership”. Jammeh’s decision to step down was not only important to his own […]

Senegalese Military Enters Banjul Safeguarding Barrow’s Expected Arrival

Senegalese Military Enters Banjul Safeguarding Barrow’s Expected Arrival

Senegalese troops took up positions in Gambia on Sunday in an effort to provide security following the departure of Ex-President Yahya Jammeh. The arrival of the soldiers was welcomed by hundreds of Banjul residents who came out on the streets to celebrate. The military initiative aims to ensure that the anticipated arrival of President Adama […]

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