Gambia-Ecomig February 15, 2021 to 12:28 1127 APA-Banuul (The Gambia) Long before the mandate of the Ecowas Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) was extended by West African regional leaders in January 2021, the debate has been on over whether its peacekeepers have overstayed their welcome.
The threat of military intervention by the regional grouping had apparently forced veteran Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power and flee into exile after his controversial U-turn, challenging the outcome of the December 2016 presidential election plunged his country into a political crisis.
West African countries notably Senegal and Nigeria had spearheaded a push for military intervention to flush Jammeh out when he became dogged in his refusal to cede power to the then largely unknown election victor Adama Barrow, who headed an opposition coalition to the polls.
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