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*** 18-Jan-17 World View -- The Gambia's leader, refusing to step down, declares state of emergency
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** The Gambia's leader, refusing to step down, declares state of emergency
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Supporters of incumbent President Yahya Jammeh sit at a campaign rally prior to the 1-Dec-2016 election that Jammeh lost to businessman Adama Barrow (Getty)
Britain is withdrawing almost 1,000 tourists from The Gambia, after
president Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency two days before
Jammeh's term in office ends. Like many other African leaders, Jammeh
is refusing to step down when his term in office officially ends on
January 19.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been
mediating in the crisis hoping to convince Jammeh to step down
peacefully on Thursday, something that now appears will not happen.
There has been an implied threat that Senegal and other ECOWAS
countries will send in a military force. Meanwhile, thousands of
Gambians are fleeing the country or sending their children abroad,
fearing a possible war. However, it's not clear what the mission of
such a military force would be, as some and perhaps most of The
Gambian army is remaining loyal to Jammeh. Independent (London) and Guardian (London) and The Point (The Gambia)
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**** Burundi's leader, refusing to step down, withdraws peacekeeping troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia
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Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza is withdrawing his troops from
the African Union peacekeeping force, over a pay dispute with the
European Union. The EU pays the salaries of the Burundi peacekeeping
troops, but they don't want to pay the money to Nkurunziza out of fear
that he'll just put the money into his overseas bank account, or use
the money to buy weapons to be used against his political opponents.
Like many African leaders, Nkurunziza is refusing to step down, and
instead is remaining in office in violation of Burundi's constitution.
As usual in Africa, this is about tribal violence. Nkurunziza is an
ethnic Hutu, he's conducting torture, sexual violence, arbitrary
jailings, targeted assassinations and summary executions against his
political opposition, almost all from the Tutsi tribe.
So the EU doesn't want to pay the soldiers' salaries, around $5.3
million per month, to the Nkurunziza government, but instead want to
pay it directly to the soldiers. The peacekeeping force is really
badly needed in Somalia, to fight the jihadist terror group
al-Shabaab. Nkurunziza is now pulling out his troops from the
peacekeeping force, hoping that he can extort the money out of the EU
and use it to bash more political opponents.
Vanguard (Nigeria) and Africa News and All Africa
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, Adama Barrow,
Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS, Senegal,
Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, African Union, European Union,
Somalia, al-Shabaab
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- The Gambia's leader, refusing to step down, declares state of emergency
- Burundi's leader, refusing to step down, withdraws peacekeeping troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia
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**** The Gambia's leader, refusing to step down, declares state of emergency
****
Supporters of incumbent President Yahya Jammeh sit at a campaign rally prior to the 1-Dec-2016 election that Jammeh lost to businessman Adama Barrow (Getty)
Britain is withdrawing almost 1,000 tourists from The Gambia, after
president Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency two days before
Jammeh's term in office ends. Like many other African leaders, Jammeh
is refusing to step down when his term in office officially ends on
January 19.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been
mediating in the crisis hoping to convince Jammeh to step down
peacefully on Thursday, something that now appears will not happen.
There has been an implied threat that Senegal and other ECOWAS
countries will send in a military force. Meanwhile, thousands of
Gambians are fleeing the country or sending their children abroad,
fearing a possible war. However, it's not clear what the mission of
such a military force would be, as some and perhaps most of The
Gambian army is remaining loyal to Jammeh. Independent (London) and Guardian (London) and The Point (The Gambia)
Related Articles
- The Gambia's president prepares for war with Senegal on January 19 (07-Jan-2017)
- The Gambia follows Burundi and S. Africa in leaving the International Criminal Court (27-Oct-2016)
- South Africa's withdrawal throws future of International Criminal Court into doubt (24-Oct-2016)
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**** Burundi's leader, refusing to step down, withdraws peacekeeping troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia
****
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza is withdrawing his troops from
the African Union peacekeeping force, over a pay dispute with the
European Union. The EU pays the salaries of the Burundi peacekeeping
troops, but they don't want to pay the money to Nkurunziza out of fear
that he'll just put the money into his overseas bank account, or use
the money to buy weapons to be used against his political opponents.
Like many African leaders, Nkurunziza is refusing to step down, and
instead is remaining in office in violation of Burundi's constitution.
As usual in Africa, this is about tribal violence. Nkurunziza is an
ethnic Hutu, he's conducting torture, sexual violence, arbitrary
jailings, targeted assassinations and summary executions against his
political opposition, almost all from the Tutsi tribe.
So the EU doesn't want to pay the soldiers' salaries, around $5.3
million per month, to the Nkurunziza government, but instead want to
pay it directly to the soldiers. The peacekeeping force is really
badly needed in Somalia, to fight the jihadist terror group
al-Shabaab. Nkurunziza is now pulling out his troops from the
peacekeeping force, hoping that he can extort the money out of the EU
and use it to bash more political opponents.
Vanguard (Nigeria) and Africa News and All Africa
Related Articles
- Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza follows Syria's Bashar al-Assad on path to genocide (13-Oct-2016)
- 20,000 refugees flee violence in Burundi, fearing Hutu-Tutsi war (30-Apr-2015)
- Burundi's Nkurunziza continues down Mugabe-Assad path of genocide (10-Dec-2015)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, Adama Barrow,
Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS, Senegal,
Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, African Union, European Union,
Somalia, al-Shabaab
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
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