Jammeh rejection

West African diplomats were very relieved that Niger's President Mamadou Tandja beat Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh to win the chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at its summit in Accra, Ghana, on 18-19 January.

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Mamadou Tandja, Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, Ghana, Deyda Hydara, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Liberia, Charles Taylor, France, Côte d'Ivoire, Reporters sans Frontières

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