The Gambia’s Withdrawal from the Commonwealth

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Notes

1. Touray, S. (2013) Gambia quits Commonwealth after president slams colonialists, Bloomberg, 3 October 2013, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-03/gambia-quits-commonwealth-after-president-slammed-colonialists.html.

2. Perfect, D. (2010) The Gambia under Yahya Jammeh: an assessment, The Round Table, 99(406), pp. 53–63.

3. Daily Observer (2013) Gambia withdraws Commonwealth membership, 3 October 2013, http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-withdraws-commonwealth-membership.

4. Daily Observer (2013) Gambia’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth is final, 8 October 2013, http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambias-withdrawal-from-the-commonwealth-is-final.

5. Hirsch, A. (2013) Gambian exit from Commonwealth surprises some in government, The Guardian, 3 October 2013, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/gambia-exit-commonwealth-surprise.

6. Ceesay, A. (2014) Presidential messages on Commonwealth withdrawal, British “misrule” spread, Daily Observer, 13 February 2014, http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/presidential-messages-on-commonwealth-withdrawal-british-misrule-spread; Ceesay, A. (2014) Tour on presidential books continues today, Daily Observer, 27 February 2014, http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/tour-on-presidential-books-continues-today.

7. Njie, O. (2014) Halifa Sallah takes on the APRC leadership “the million reasons to leave the Commonwealth are nowhere to be found”, says Halifa Sallah, Foroyaa, 14 March 2014, http://allafrica.com/stories/201403171156.html.

8. Harrison, P. (2013) Commonwealth “relief” over Gambia withdrawal, Sky News, 3 October 2013, http://news.sky.com/story/1149799/commonwealth-relief-over-gambia-withdrawal.

9. Freeman, C. (2013) New York protest “led to Gambia’s Commonwealth exit”, The Telegraph, 3 October 2013, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/10354216/New-York-hotel-protest-led-to-Gambias-Commonwealth-exit.html.

10. The Point (2013) Gambia accuses Britain, US of smear campaign, 7 October 2013, http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-accuses-britain-us-of-smear-campaign.

11. Hirsch (2013).

12. West Africa Democracy Radio (2013) The Gambia: the Commonwealth consequences, 21 October 2013, http://wadr.org/en/site/news_en/5924/THE-GAMBIA-The-Commonwealth-Consequences.htm; The Point (2013) Hamat Bah says Commonwealth pull-out not in Gambia’s interest, 8 October 2013, http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/hamat-bah-says-commonwealth-pull-out-not-in-gambias-interest; The Point (2013) PDOIS on Gambia’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, 8 October 2013, http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/pdois-on-gambias-withdrawal-from-the-commonwealth; Jallow, M.K. (2013) The Gambia: political unanimity and Gambians’ crime of apathy and indifference, Senegambia News, 27 October 2013, http://www.senegambianews.com/1333/53478/a/the-gambia-political-unanimity-and-gambians-crime-of-apathy-and-indifference; Jarju, P.K. (2013) Lawyer Darboe throws punches at Jammeh, JollofNews, 11 October 2013, http://www.jollofnews.com/news/24-news/3954-lawyer-darboe-throws-punches-at-jammeh.

13. Jarju (2013).

14. Ceesay, A. and Faal, A.F. (2013) National Assembly adjourns sine die, Daily Observer, 10 October 2013, http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/national-assembly-adjourns-sine-die; Jallow (2013).

15. Commonwealth Secretariat (2013) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 Communiqué, http://thecommonwealth.org/sites/default/files/events/documents/CHOGM%202013%20Communique_0.pdf, paragraph 84.

16. Jean-Matthew, T. and Ceesay, B. (2014) Jammeh to replace English as Gambia’s official language, Africa Review, 12 March 2014, http://www.africareview.com/News/Jammeh-to-replace-English-as-Gambia-official-language/-/979180/2240514/-/4v9ore/-/index.html.

17. Phatey, S. (2013) Gambia’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, what it means, JollofNews,12 October 2013, http://www.jollofnews.com/commentary-opinion/3958-gambias-withdrawal-from-the-commonwealth-what-it-means; West Africa Democracy Radio (2013).