Press TV- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has welcomed a peaceful power transfer in the Gambia hours after the West African countrys former President Yahya Jammeh left the country following22 years in power.
The Islamic Republic has always paid particular attention to the developments in the Gambia as an important Muslim country in West Africa,...
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh declared on Saturday his formerly secular country an Islamic republic.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Gambia's population of1.8 million people is 95 percent Muslim, butno state religion was previously announced.
"Gambia's destiny is inthe hands ofthe Almighty Allah. As fromtoday, Gambia is an Islamic state. We will be an Islamic ...