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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved to set up a [...] Full text...
ECOWAS force to return to Guinea Bissau after failed coup attempt
04 february 2022 - 08:42:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders ended their extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, ordering the return of a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Gambia sign defence cooperation deal
03 july 2021 - 07:55:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Gambia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on defence cooperation at a ceremony [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to reduce 15-Member Commission to seven
20 june 2021 - 18:26:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from March 2022 reduce its current 15-member Commission [...] Full text...
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3 female diplomats present credentials to President Barrow
04 february 2021 - 16:55:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow on Thursday received the Letters of Credence of the Malaysian High Commissioner to [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS and perennial political crises (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
16 october 2020 - 11:49:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
05 october 2020 - 08:47:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s govt. dismisses claims of coup plot on social media
08 june 2020 - 23:56:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of The Gambia Monday dismissed rumours on social media of a coup plot to [...] Full text...
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President Barrow hails Senegal's support in maintaining The Gambia's stability
12 march 2020 - 19:36:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- President Adama Barrow has said that the political situation in The Gambia remains calm. “My Government has taken [...] Full text...
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Gambian FM asks France for long term visas to Gambians
02 january 2020 - 18:45:06Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, has asked France to [...] Full text...
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Gambian President urges ECOWAS to extend peacekeeping mission to 2021
22 december 2019 - 17:25:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has pleaded with his colleagues at Economic Community of Est African States [...] Full text...
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Survey shows most Gambians trust armed forces
23 august 2019 - 10:37:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A survey by Afrobarometer, a pan-African nonpartisan research network, says two-thirds of Gambians citizens say they [...] Full text...
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Gambian FM says ECOMIG is a stabilising force in The Gambia
29 july 2019 - 19:24:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Momodou Tangara, has described the [...] Full text...
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Gambia's VP appeals for more international support for political transition
27 july 2019 - 08:37:46Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Vice President, Dr Isatou Touray, has called for more international support for the country’s on-going [...] Full text...
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Senior Gambian official identifies challenges to country's political transition
24 july 2019 - 08:24:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia is undergoing political transformation following the December 2016 presidential election that ushered in a [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS commends EU, others for peace, security initiatives in Gambia
23 july 2019 - 11:23:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS Resident Representative in the Gambia, Ambassador Vabah Gayflor, has expressed appreciation to the European [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG assures Gambians of safety, security
23 may 2019 - 17:34:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG) on Thursday assured Gambians of their safety and security [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG troops to begin wearing brown berets
10 may 2019 - 17:21:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia (ECOMIG) force commander, Colonel Flugence Ndou, on Friday announced that [...] Full text...
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President Barrow mourns Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale of ECOMIG
04 may 2019 - 17:26:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has joined family and friends in mourning the death of ECOWAS military intervention [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG loses Nigerian peacekeeper in Gambia
03 may 2019 - 20:30:26Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia (ECOMIG) Friday announced the sudden death of one of its [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, EU commit to strengthening cooperation
25 march 2019 - 11:41:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed commitment [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to deploy 197 soldiers to Gambia on peacekeeping mission
21 march 2019 - 19:41:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Thursday said that it is deploying 197 soldiers and officers to Gambia [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS submits weapons assessment report to Gambian leader
23 october 2018 - 13:32:27Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday submitted its report on assessment of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS mission to help secure Guinea Bissau's November polls
04 august 2018 - 09:43:32Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS peace Mission in Guinea Bissau, ECOMIB, has reassured a visiting delegation of the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Commission President ends Gambia visit
13 july 2018 - 19:45:35Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWS Commission President, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head [...] Full text...
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Homicide cases up in Gambia - Interior Minister
09 april 2018 - 11:50:47Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Interior Minister Ebrima Mballow has said police data have shown a jump in homicides across the [...] Full text...
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New ECOMIG force commander takes office
08 march 2018 - 19:55:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The new commander of the ECOWAS Mission in Gambia (ECOMIG), Colonel Fulgence Ndour, from Senegal, has [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG Commander, Colonel Ndiaye end tour of duty in Gambia
01 march 2018 - 10:02:47Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia ECOMIG Commander, Colonel Magette Ndiaye took leave of President Adama Barrow [...] Full text...
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ECOMIG gets new press officer in The Gambia
23 february 2018 - 13:56:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS mission in The Gambia, EMOMIG, has appointed Commander Michael A. Larbi as the mission’s [...] Full text...
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Ghana brings new faces to join ECOMIG mission in Gambia
21 february 2018 - 18:17:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Eighteen Ghanaian troops have arrived in Banjul to join the West African regional force in The [...] Full text...
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'Remain loyal to Gambia' – Barrow tells soldiers
11 february 2018 - 14:41:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has urged the country’s army to remain loyal to Gambians and “the [...] Full text...
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Gambia's presidential guard personnel leave for training in Mauritania
07 february 2018 - 15:08:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The first batch of personnel of Gambia's new military group - the presidential guard - leaves [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s Police arrest, detain political scientist, critical of President Barrow
01 february 2018 - 14:58:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Top Political Scientist, Dr Ismaila Ceesay, was arrested and detained Wednesday by Gambian Police over comments [...] Full text...
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'Regional forces won’t prevent long-term security risks in Gambia' - Political scientist
31 january 2018 - 17:43:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Gambian political scientist, Ismaila Ceesay, has said that the presence of the regional ECOWAS military [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ECOMIG soldiers get Peace Medals in Gambia
08 september 2017 - 12:10:59Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Sub-regional soldiers serving in the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) will receive ECOWAS Peace Medals [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ECOWAS committed to consolidate development, democratization in Gambia
23 june 2017 - 16:42:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The special representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President in The Gambia [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Opposition leader says ECOMIG forces not a threat to national security
12 june 2017 - 14:52:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian opposition leader, Halifa Sallah, has said that the West African States Intervention forces (ECOMIG) is [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Consolidating nation-building, democracy in the New Gambia (By Paul Ejimeh, PANA Guest Writer)
20 april 2017 - 17:36:50Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - By African standards, many had expected the worst the moment the Gambia’s authoritarian ruler for 22 [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ECOWAS reiterates commitment to peace, democracy in Gambia
11 april 2017 - 08:15:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has reassured the Gambian government and people of its unwavering commitment to sustainable [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ECOWAS election observation mission urges peaceful vote in The Gambia
04 april 2017 - 20:04:03Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to The Gambia, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has appealed [...] Full text...
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Gambia: President Barrow extends mandate of ECOMIG by 3 months
09 february 2017 - 13:44:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has extended the mandate of the West African States Military Intervention in [...] Full text...
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(2nd Rondup): Barrow: ‘I am happy to return home safely’
26 january 2017 - 21:58:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s President Adama Barrow on Thursday expressed his happiness at returning home after two weeks in [...] Full text...
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(Roundup) Gambia: President Barrow returns home to warm welcome, tight security
26 january 2017 - 21:09:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thousands of Gambians turned out on Thursday to welcome President Adama Barrow back home to assume [...] Full text...
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US: US declares support for ECOWAS' Gambia intervention
20 january 2017 - 09:27:04Washington, DC US (PANA) - The US has declared its support for the the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Guinea's Alpha Conde expected in Banjul for 'final' Jammeh talks
20 january 2017 - 07:49:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinea president Alpha Conde is expected in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Friday morning in another [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Rights group tells Adama Barrow not to forget his 'big promises'
19 january 2017 - 15:38:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is asking Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow, who is due to be [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambia president-elect Adama Barrow to be inaugurated in Dakar
19 january 2017 - 10:29:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Adama Barrow, the president-elect of Gambia, says he will be inaugurated at the Gambian Embassy in [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Jammeh’s lawyer flees Gambia, urges him to leave power
19 january 2017 - 09:50:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Edward Anthony Gomez, the lawyer representing Gambia’s embattled former president Yahya Jammeh, has fled the country [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghana sending 205 troops to ECOWAS force on Gambia
19 january 2017 - 07:27:23Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Thursday confirmed that it is contributing troops to the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Jammeh promises 'peaceful resolution' to Gambia's political crisis - Abdel Aziz
19 january 2017 - 05:29:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, says Gambia's strongman Yahya Jammeh has assured him [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force deploys to Senegal for Gambian operations
18 january 2017 - 19:58:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday deployed to Senegal as part of Nigerian contingent of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: ECOWAS Defence Chiefs consider military option over Gambian crisis
15 january 2017 - 12:51:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, on Saturday hosted his fellow Chiefs of [...] Full text...
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