2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis

2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
The Gambia   ECOWAS Coalition
Date 9 December 2016  – 21 January 2017 (1 month, 1 week and 5 days) Location The Gambia Status Adama Barrow is sworn-in as President in the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2337 is passed. Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana invade the Gambia in support of Barrow. Jammeh steps down and leaves Gambia
Belligerents
Pro-Yahya Jammeh forces Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction MFDC Foreign mercenaries	ECOWAS  Senegal  Nigeria  Ghana  Mali  Togo Pro-Barrow forces Coalition 2016 Gambian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Yahya Jammeh	Adama Barrow Macky Sall Muhammadu Buhari Nana Akufo-Addo Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Faure Gnassingbé
Strength
180 1,733 foreign mercenaries	7000 soldiers 200–800 soldiers 1 warship NNS Unity (F92) 205 soldiers ~125 Gambian navy
Casualties and losses
26,000–45,000 people displaced

Pro-Yahya Jammeh forces

ECOWAS

Pro-Barrow forces

A constitutional crisis in the Gambia started after the presidential elections on 1 December 2016, and ended with the outgoing president Yahya Jammeh being forced to step down in favour of his elected successor Adama Barrow on 21 January 2017, after resistance.

Although long-serving incumbent President Yahya Jammeh initially accepted the surprising victory of Adama Barrow, he rejected the election results eight days later. Jammeh called for the election to be annulled and appealed to the Supreme Court. Troops were subsequently deployed in the capital Banjul and Serekunda.

After ECOWAS delegates failed to persuade Jammeh to step down, a coalition of military forces from Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana invaded the Gambia on 19 January 2017 to compel him to relinquish power. Two days later, Jammeh surrendered presidential duties in favour of Barrow and left the country to exile in Equatorial Guinea.

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