> Jammeh's eccentricities often made headlines. He once said he had invented a herbal cure for AIDS that only works on a Thursdays. Once every year he also invited a few hundred women to the grounds of State House, where he personally administered a another herbal cure he had concocted for infertility.
Yeah, that sounds like someone who's gonna peacefully accept election results.
Some of those things are pretty true imo (and liberal leaning... the situation in Israel/Palestine being one) and other seem like the ramblings of a conservative mad man.
Jammeh's official title is also 'His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Awal Jemus Junkung Jammeh Naasiru Deen Babili Mansa" though he's been dropping some titles lately, perhaps he is becoming more sane with age maybe he will concede.
I take offense in you correctly pronouncing that name. Such length is concatenated with the purpose of flinging missrey on those who have to speak them.
Behave accordingly.
It is a misfired gag. Basically, a totalitarian emperor, could terrorize his people by making it necessary to greet him in full name- and make that name hard to pronounce and long beyond the wildest dream.
Apropos of nothing, the proper anglicized name of the country is The Gambia, which along with The Bahamas, are the only two countries whose official names include "The".
Obviously Reuters knows what they're doing and I'm sure adhere quite strictly to their popular style guide, so I find it interesting that their editors omit the "The". I wonder why.
The only country name starting with "The" on that list is "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
It lists Gambia as "Gambia (Islamic Republic of the)" so, according to tHat list, at best, it is "Islamic Republic of the Gambia" (no capital T on 'the')
They are actually both right. Most state's have a short name and long name. The Gambia is one of the few with "The" in the short form, but many have it as part of the long form.
And we had The Ukraine before it dropped the article, for whatever reason. I like the slightly jarring "The" in front of those countries' names. Gives them a little something extra, grammatically.
In short, Ukrainian has no definite article, unlike English. Ukraine officially dropped 'the' from the English translation of the country's name after independence. Some Ukrainians find the use of 'the' somewhat insulting as it is the Soviet-era translation and disregards the Ukrainian government translation.
Gambia largely lives on tourism. Any political instability could have disastrous effects on the economy. Maybe Jammeh realizes that and will concede peacefully.
They have held multiparty free and open elections from independance until 1994 (Jammeh's coup). This a continent where most countries had experienced Coups, Single-Party rule or both by 1970.
(The only country with continuous multiparty democracy is Botswana)
Jammeh himself quickly felt the need to organise elections to legitimize his rule. Sure there was intimidation and other manoeuvers but oddly he almost always won with results in the high 50's. Those are crazy tight results by African standards (even in democracies incumbents rarely go lower than 60).
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Yeah, that sounds like someone who's gonna peacefully accept election results.
He has not publicly conceded yet (so we may still get a surprise) but :
- his electoral commission has announced the results
- the head of his electoral commission has announced Jammeh will conceide
- rumour says his concession video has been recorded
- the internet that has been cut-off on election's eve is functionning again
- soldiers who were deployed have left the streets
It really sound this is happening
Is it known whether or not the soldiers in this case are loyal to Jammeh? Just thinking about what happened in Burkina with Compaoré.
Sorry, the posts irony didn`t really stand out.
However, they stressed that Jammeh had not yet publicly conceded.
Obviously Reuters knows what they're doing and I'm sure adhere quite strictly to their popular style guide, so I find it interesting that their editors omit the "The". I wonder why.
"Gambia: Not the Gambia, West Africa"
The only country name starting with "The" on that list is "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
It lists Gambia as "Gambia (Islamic Republic of the)" so, according to tHat list, at best, it is "Islamic Republic of the Gambia" (no capital T on 'the')
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
I'm not sure where these "conventional short form" names come from, but it's also the primary source for wikipedia titles.
In short, Ukrainian has no definite article, unlike English. Ukraine officially dropped 'the' from the English translation of the country's name after independence. Some Ukrainians find the use of 'the' somewhat insulting as it is the Soviet-era translation and disregards the Ukrainian government translation.
They have held multiparty free and open elections from independance until 1994 (Jammeh's coup). This a continent where most countries had experienced Coups, Single-Party rule or both by 1970. (The only country with continuous multiparty democracy is Botswana)
Jammeh himself quickly felt the need to organise elections to legitimize his rule. Sure there was intimidation and other manoeuvers but oddly he almost always won with results in the high 50's. Those are crazy tight results by African standards (even in democracies incumbents rarely go lower than 60).
It's a really fascinating story. A group of middle-aged middle-class immigrants from Gambia plotted, and attempted to overthrow Jammeh.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/21/how-former-us-...