The Gambia: Yahya Jammeh faces military-force ultimatum
20 January 2017 |
11:35 am
West African nations have given The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh until Friday at noon to leave office. They have deployed air, land, and sea forces inside the country to support his successor, President Adama Barrow.
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