2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis

December 9, 2016 – January 21, 2017

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.

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Battles 1

January 19–20, 2017

ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia The Gambia Nana Akufo-Addo, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Muhammadu Buhari

Key commanders

Economic Community of West African States 6

Nana Akufo-Addo belligerent leader

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta belligerent leader

Muhammadu Buhari military commander

Macky Sall belligerent leader

Adama Barrow belligerent leader

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé belligerent leader

The Gambia 2

Yahya Jammeh military commander Benjamin Yeaten military commander