2017 in the Gambia
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Events in the year 2017 in the Gambia.
Incumbents
- President: Yahya Jammeh (until January); Adama Barrow (from 19 January)
Events
Adama Barrow, new president from January 2017
- 1 December 2016 to 21 January 2017 – The 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis 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.
- 19 January – the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2337 was unanimously adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).[1]
- 19-20 January – ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
- 6 April – scheduled date for the Gambian parliamentary election, 2017
The Gambia has begun the process of returning to its status as a Commonwealth republic
References
- ↑ "Security Endorses Recognition by African Union, Regional States, of Adama Barrow as President-Elect of Gambia, Unanimously Adopting 2337 (2017)". United Nations. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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