2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis

December 9, 2016 – January 21, 2017 · Banjul

Crisis after Yahya Jammeh refused to accept his election defeat by Adama Barrow; ECOWAS troops led by Senegal entered the Gambia and Jammeh left for exile.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Key people

Yahya Jammeh head of state/government

Adama Barrow leader

Participants

The Gambia
Senegal

Battles 1

ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia January 19–20, 2017