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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declares a 90-day state of emergency a day before his mandate ends.
2017-01-17

The African Union says it will cease to recognize Yahya Jammeh as President of The Gambia on January 19, the date he is to hand power over to his opponent Adama Barrow, who won last year's election.
2017-01-13

Leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS and from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation plead with Gambian long-time President Yahya Jammeh who lost in the recently held elections to step aside or face consequences.
2016-12-18

The President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh states he will not accept the result of the recent defeat a week after conceding defeat to Adama Barrow.
2016-12-9

This week, the Gambia and Tanzania outlawed child marriages. Friday, the Tanzanian High Court — in a case filed by the "Msichana Initiative", a lobbying group that advocates for girls' right to education — ruled in favor of protecting girls from the harms of early marriage. And during a feast ending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced that child and forced marriages are banned. Jammeh called on the National Assembly to quickly take up the issue.
2016-07-9

President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia declares the country an Islamic republic.
2015-12-12

Two former military chiefs in The Gambia are charged over an alleged plot to remove President Yahya Jammeh from office in 2006; critics say the government is manipulating coup allegations for its own gain.
2010-06-18

Charges occur in The Gambia's attempted coup d'état to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh.
2010-03-18

Kenya deports to Gambia a radical Jamaican Muslim cleric who is on a global terror watch list.
2010-01-7