{"id":295623,"date":"2017-02-19T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T13:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=295623"},"modified":"2017-02-19T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T13:46:58","slug":"our-success-in-the-gambia-signifies-ecowas-relevance-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/our-success-in-the-gambia-signifies-ecowas-relevance-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Our success in The Gambia signifies ECOWAS\u2019 relevance \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"
The successful mediation process in The Gambia gives true meaning to the relevance of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), former President John Mahama has said in a tweet.<\/p>\n
The tweet comes a day after the newly elected President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, was formally sworn into office.<\/p>\n
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Mahama asked to intervene <\/strong><\/p>\n Former President Mahama was asked to continue his mediation role in the effort to resolve the Gambian political impasse.<\/p>\n In an ECOWAS meeting held on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony of President Akufo-Addo, Mr. Mahama was asked to continue to assist President Muhammadu Buhari as co-mediator in the Gambian issue.<\/p>\n In a telephone conversation, President Akufo Addo personally conveyed the ECOWAS decision to Mr. Mahama and expressed his confidence that with his help, President Buhari would be able to realize a peaceful resolution of The Gambian impasse.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n There has been heightened tension in that country after long time ruler Jammeh, decided to reject results of their December 1 election, weeks after he had conceded defeat to the opposition leader, Amadu Barrow.<\/p>\n West African Leaders earlier deployed a standby force to the Gambia after several efforts to compel Yahyeh Jammeh to step down proved futile.<\/p>\n The move came on the back of attempts by West African Leaders including a committee led by Nigeria\u2019s Muhammadu Buhari and Ghana\u2019s John Mahama, failed to convince Jahmmeh who has ruled the Gambia for 22 years to concede.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The successful mediation process in The Gambia gives true meaning to the relevance of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), former President John Mahama has said in a tweet. The tweet comes a day after the newly elected President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, was formally sworn into office. Mahama asked to intervene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,10,11],"tags":[2692,3,464,4240,3239],"yoast_head":"\n