African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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The Gambia entered 2017 amidst uncertainties that overshadowed the political landscape following the 2016 elections. A week after the out-going President Yahya Jammeh had accepted the results and conceded defeat to President-elect Adama Barrow, he reneged on his concession, citing electoral irregularities. Jammeh was adamant, despite the condemnation of his actions by members of the international community and threats by ecowas that they would use all necessary means to enforce the mandate of the Gambian voters. This political deadlock put the country on the brink of generalised violence, resulting in massive population displacement, with 50,000 people estimated to have crossed into neighbouring Senegal. Diplomatic interventions, essentially by ecowas, which also deployed its regional forces to the Gambia, and the support of the au and the un helped calm the emerging political the crisis, and on 19 January Jammeh fled the country, making way for the new government.