Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Gambian President, Clinging to Power, Declares State of Emergency

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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency Tuesday after refusing to hand over power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won the country's presidential election December 1. In a broadcast on state-run TV, Jammeh said the public emergency would last until the Supreme Court ruled on a complaint his political party filed a week after the election, citing voting irregularities. Jammeh had said earlier that the date set for the transfer of power "is not cast in...

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