Gambia lifts state of emergency

Gambia's MPs have lifted the country's state of emergency and dismantled defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's final attempts to cling to power.

Gambia lifts state of emergency
Tue, 24 Jan, 2017 - 20:03

Gambia's MPs have lifted the country's state of emergency and dismantled defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's final attempts to cling to power.

On Tuesday, parliamentarians ended the state of emergency imposed just a week ago.

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