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Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is the president of the Gambia. As a young army officer, he took power in a 1994 military coup.
He was elected as President in 1996; he was re-elected in 2001, 2006, and 2011.
President Jammeh joined the Gambian National Army in 1984, was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1989, and in 1992 became commander of the Gambian Military Police. He received extensive military training in neighboring Senegal and at United States Army School of the Americas.
On 22 July 1994, a group of young officers in the Gambian National Army seized power from President Sir Dawda Jawara in a military coup by taking control of key facilities in the capital city, Banjul. The coup took place without bloodshed and met with very little resistance. The group identified itself as the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), with the 29-year-old Jammeh as its chairman.
The AFPRC then suspended the constitution, sealed the borders, and implemented a curfew. While Jammeh's new government justified the coup by decrying corruption and lack of democracy under the Jawara regime, army personnel had also been dissatisfied with their salaries, living conditions, and prospects for promotion.
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Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MyqyZJpgVM Next month, Gambia will mark 50 years of independence from colonial rule. Yet the big talk among Gambians is not the Golden Jubilee celebrations, but early January’s botched attempt to overthrow President Jammeh. Dozens of military personnel and civilians were arrested and a large cache of weapons and explosives confiscated following a reported coup attempt in the West African country. Intelligence sources close to Gambia's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) said that the detained suspects, held in or near the capital, Banjul, have been interrogated. In this edition of Africa Today we will address the incident and ask: Who was really behind the coup and what was their wider agenda? Live @ http://www.presstv.ir/live.html Twitter ...
US charges over Gambia 'coup plot' against Yahya Jammeh Two men have been charged in the US with attempting to overthrow The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, the justice department has said. The defendants, who are of Gambian origin, are accused of conspiring against a friendly nation and conspiring to possess firearms. Gambian authorities said they had thwarted a coup attempt on 30 December. Mr Jammeh seized power in the tiny West African nation in 1994 and has been accused of authoritarianism. He was abroad when gunfire broke out near the presidential palace in the capital, Banjul, on 30 December. The president later returned home and accused dissidents based in the US, UK and Germany of being behind the attack. For more Info :http://www.bbc.com/news/
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly-mZFYpMNk Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9ilEOUMuM In this edition of Face to Face, Press TV conducts an exclusive interview with Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh about his Vision 2016 initiative to achieve rice self-sufficiency. The Gambian president has launched an ambitious plan called Vision 2016 to grow enough rice for the country to become self-sufficient within two years. Jammeh says the rice that had been planted during the first phase of the Vision 2016 and has been harvested in the Central River Region of Jahally Pacharr will enter the market by January 1, 2015, and he is delighted with the progress so far. Live @ http://www.presstv.ir/live.html Twitter @ http://twitter.com/PressTV LiveLeak @ http://www.liveleak.com/...
GRTS' Director General Kebba Dibba interviews the President of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh on the occasion of The Gambia's Independence Golden Jubilee.
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh threatened the country’s LGBT community last week during a press conference following his reelection in Banjul saying “If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat...[I]f you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it.” We look at the story on the Lip News with Elliot Hill and Gabriel Mizrahi. http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/05/13/3658007/lgbt-africa/ Newest Lip News playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LWRpBQvbo&index;=1&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGcjJDo6cQBCQprDMQyUQY3r BUZZSAW interview clips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpzj_UmTEmc&index;=1&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGeWhHPas6M9sKUhThquDNOc CRIME TIME clips playlist - https://www.youtub...
Interview with Football Gambia Founder Ian Stapleton, Luton Town FC's UEFA A Football Coach Stuart English, Founder of KGH Sports Football Academy and Head of distribution for Football Gambia in the Gambia Yahyah Manneh and Media consultant for Hill Top Radio and Today Newspaper
Interview with Football Gambia Founder Ian Stapleton, Luton Town FC's UEFA A Football Coach Stuart English, Founder of KGH Sports Football Academy and Head of distribution for Football Gambia in the Gambia Yahyah Manneh and Media consultant for Hill Top Radio and Today Newspaper. http://footballgambia.org/
Interview with Football Gambia Founder Ian Stapleton, Luton Town FC's UEFA A Football Coach Stuart English, Founder of KGH Sports Football Academy and Head of distribution for Football Gambia in the Gambia Yahyah Manneh and Media consultant for Hill Top Radio and Today Newspaper. http://footballgambia.org/