{"id":284530,"date":"2017-01-13T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=284530"},"modified":"2017-01-13T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T11:25:52","slug":"mahama-arrives-in-gambia-for-mediation-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/mahama-arrives-in-gambia-for-mediation-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama arrives in Gambia for mediation talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Banjul, Gambia, together with the ECOWAS Mediator in the political crisis, Nigeria&#8217;s Muhammadu Buhari, in the small West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>Both are in the country for talks with Gambia\u2019s embattled President Yahya Jammeh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-284531 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mahama-with-buhari-3.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-with-buhari-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama, who is the Co-Mediator left Accra on Friday morning, and is expected to be joined by Liberia&#8217;s Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and officials of the UN, AU and ECOWAS.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia, following elections last year, is expected to inaugurate a new president on January 19, but President Jammeh who lost and earlier accepted the results of the elections has now rejected the results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-284532 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mahama-with-buhari-4.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-with-buhari-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mediators are hoping to strike a deal with President Jammeh to accept the results and pave way for the January 19 inauguration of the new President.<\/p>\n<p>John Dramani Mahama last Monday <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/09\/mahama-attends-ecowas-meeting-on-gambias-political-crisis\/\"><strong>was in Abuja<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for an ECOWAS meeting over Gambia\u2019s political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghanaian President who recently handed over to newly elected President, Nana Akufo-Addo, was asked to continue his mediation role in the effort to resolve the Gambian political impasse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-284534 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mahama-with-buhari-2.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-with-buhari-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jammeh vows \u2018to stay till election ruling\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Yahya Jammeh had earlier vowed <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/12\/gambias-president-jammeh-vows-to-stay-till-election-ruling\/\"><strong>not to step down<\/strong><\/a><\/span> until the final determination of a Supreme Court decision on the disputed election.<\/p>\n<p>In a nationwide TV broadcast, the longstanding ruler also reiterated his concern at \u201cforeign interference\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Banjul, Gambia, together with the ECOWAS Mediator in the political crisis, Nigeria&#8217;s Muhammadu Buhari, in the small West African nation. 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