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[ChairmanPoo]

 One does not simpli walk into Gambia. Its black gates are guarded bi more than just soldiers. There is evil there that does not sleep. The great Jammeh is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, ash, and dust. The veri air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten-thousand men could you do this. It is folli.

[Sergarr]

yeah, but if thei set off in Januari thei won't arrive any earlier than Februari. Given the logistics involved the current president might have until the idis of Mirch to prepare.

They have an army ready at the border. Why would it take them a month to arrive?

I think they might be mocking your mispronunciation of the word "January".

[martinuzz]

Oh heh. I missed the army of grammar nazys at my own border. My bad.

[Arx]

The Ecowas nations have set an ultimatum for Jammeh to step down as a president and transfer power to the new president.
If he hasn't stepped down on the 19th of januari, an army already assembled from the various Ecowas nations will invade Gambia.

Somehow the West will be blamed for that.

Don't think the West will even notice, TBH. Africa 'runs' itself a lot without the West getting involved at all, you just probably only notice when they do on account of being a Westerner.

[Sheb]

The Ecowas nations have set an ultimatum for Jammeh to step down as a president and transfer power to the new president.
If he hasn't stepped down on the 19th of januari, an army already assembled from the various Ecowas nations will invade Gambia.

Somehow the West will be blamed for that.

Don't think the West will even notice, TBH. Africa 'runs' itself a lot without the West getting involved at all, you just probably only notice when they do on account of being a Westerner.

Probably, yeah.

[Arx]

Crunch time is two days away, and it looks like it's going to take the form of Ecowas stepping in.

Unless Jammeh has a sudden attack of conscience, anyway.

[Sergarr]

The African troops will bring freedom to Gambia

and unlike with USA, it's not just an euphemism

[Reelya]

Oh heh. I missed the army of grammar nazys at my own border. My bad.

You and your weird dutch spellings.

[TheBiggerFish]

Huh.

[Sergarr]

Oh hey, isn't today the day the glorious African liberators will set free the poor black people from under the yoke of a bloodthirsty maniacal unelected dictator?

[Strife26]

Oh hey, isn't today the day the glorious African liberators will set free the poor black people from under the yoke of a bloodthirsty maniacal unelected dictator?

That requires a few dozen totally former Legionnaires to be successful.

[Reelya]

http://www.theonion.com/article/nigeria-elects-black-president-446

ABUJA, NIGERIA–In a historic triumph for Nigeria's African-African community, Bilikisu Adewale, a 49-year-old black man, was elected president Monday.

(Photo: Bilikisu Adewale waves to supporters after becoming the next black man ever to lead Nigeria.)

"Today is a great day for the people of Nigeria," Adewale told a cheering crowd in his 30-minute acceptance speech. "But even more so, today represents a tremendous victory for this nation's black citizens, who came to the polls in full force to put one of their own in power."

"I am overwhelmed," Adewale added. "This is truly precedented."

Addressing the largely black crowd, Adewale, who served as Nigeria's Foreign Minister from 1993 to 1998, pledged to defend the interests of the nation's sizable black community. Among his chief campaign promises was to increase funding for schools in Nigeria's inner cities, outer cities, and middle cities–areas with a high concentration of blacks.
...
"Yes, this election is a great step forward for black Nigerians," Adewale said. "But there is much work to be done: A shocking 50 percent of our nation's blacks earn an income below the national average. The ever-present specter of black-on-black violence continues to loom over our communities. Our prison population is virtually 100 percent black." 

Couldn't help it.

[martinuzz]

The new president will be sworn into office at 4PM today, in the embassy of Gambia in Dakar.
Ecowas countries have issued a formal statement and informed the UN that they do no longer recongnize Jammeh as president, and will take military action if he does not go.
It was expected by many that Ecowas forces would invade last night, but they haven't yet. Nigeria did move strike fighters to Senegal's capital Dakar.

Meanwhile, the commander of the Gambian forces has said that if Ecowas invades he is "not going to involve my men in a retarded battle", while making a sign of surrender.

Thousands of tourists have been evacuated, amongst whom 1500 Dutch tourists (wow, if there's 1500 from my small country alone, I wonder how many 10s of thousands of tourists there were in total, to evacuate).

[Sergarr]

http://www.theonion.com/article/nigeria-elects-black-president-446

A shocking 50 percent of our nation's blacks earn an income below the national average.

When will people learn the difference between "average" and "median"?!

[Loud Whispers]

That's the onion