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Gambian President Jammeh declares state of emergency(Illegitimate president?)
reuters.com ^
| 1/17/2017
| Felix Onuah in Abuja, Emma Farge in Diouloulou and Edward McAllister in Dakar
Posted on 01/18/2017 10:23:31 AM PST by rktman
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after refusing to hand power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won an election last month.
State television said the emergency would prevent a power vacuum while the supreme court rules on Jammeh's petition challenging the election result.
That suggests Jammeh will stay in power beyond Thursday, when Barrow was due to have been sworn in as president.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gambia; gambiaelection; inaugurationday
Hmmmm. Just sayin'....................
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:23:31 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
Butytric acid into HVAC..?
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:25:43 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: rktman
This is what Obama is hoping to do
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:27:10 AM PST
by
dirtymac
To: rktman
I’ve been following this story. Basically, this guy is acting the way that Obama wishes he could act like.
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:27:10 AM PST
by
tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
To: rktman
Somewhere there is an Kenyan imposter who is reading this report and thinking....
“Hmmmm. Maybe, just maybe I could try this.”
To: rktman
Felix Onuah in Abuja, Emma Farge in Diouloulou and Edward McAllister in Dakar Pat, can I buy some consonants?...............
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:31:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?............)
To: rktman
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:39:42 AM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Why is it no one ever discusses the rabid Amerophobia which infects Islam and its adherents?)
To: rktman
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posted on
01/18/2017 10:39:42 AM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Why is it no one ever discusses the rabid Amerophobia which infects Islam and its adherents?)
To: rktman
Our Terrorist in Chief is taking notes.
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posted on
01/18/2017 11:23:44 AM PST
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: MrBambaLaMamba
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posted on
01/18/2017 11:37:10 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rktman
Obama will be loving this. He thrives on mayhem. it’s the community organizer way.
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posted on
01/18/2017 1:46:46 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
To: rktman
Don’t give Psychobama any ideas...
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posted on
01/18/2017 3:16:28 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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