Thursday, 19 January 2017

Gambia's vice president, Isatou Njie-Saidy quits following Jammeh's refusal to step down

Gambia's vice president, Isatou Njie-Saidy quits following Jammeh's refusal to step down

Gambia's Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy resigned yesterday, hours before her boss Jammeh's mandate expired, the AFP news agency quotes family sources as saying.

The environment and higher education ministers also quit, the latest of a string of cabinet members to abandon Mr Jammeh following his refusal to step down after more than two decades in office, AFP reports.Yahya Jammeh's continues to insist he won't step aside for opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won an election in December.


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