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Category: Gambia Travel
The Latest: Barrow, still in Senegal, prays for Gambia peace
The Latest on Gambia’s political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to leave office : Red carpets have been laid out at the airport in Gambia’s capital in what appears to be preparations for a speech and a departure. West African leaders have been meeting with defeated leader Yahya Jammeh in an effort to persuade him to cede power to newly inaugurated leader Adama Barrow.
.com | Senegal: Troops enter Gambia in effort to get Jammeh to go
Senegalese troops charged into neighboring Gambia late on Thursday in a show of force to oust longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh after he failed to step aside when his mandate ended at midnight after losing the presidential election last month. The troops moved in shortly after Adama Barrow was inaugurated as Gambia’s first new leader in more than 22 years at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal after a final effort at diplomatic talks with Jammeh failed to secure his departure.
.com | LIVE: Yahya Jammeh’s last chance to step down as troops close in
Get the latest details as outgoing president Yahya Jammeh has been given a final ultimatum to relinquish power after regional troops entered The Gambia. The United States earlier said that it backs a West African intervention in The Gambia to restore elected rule, but that it had not been asked to provide military support.
Senegal: Troops enter Gambia in effort to get Jammeh to go
Adama Barrow is sworn in as President of Gambia at Gambia’s embassy in Dakar Senegal in this image taken from TV Thursday, Jan 19, 2017.
Gambia president-elect set for inauguration in Senegal
The streets of Banjul are deserted Wednesday Jan. 18, 2017. Special flights were being organized Wednesday to evacuate British and other tourists from Gambia, where the threat of a regional military intervention loomed as President Yahya Jammeh’s mandate expires on Thursday after he lost elections in December.
Britons tell of ‘chaos’ as they arrive home from Gambia amid political unrest
British tourists check in at Banjul Airport, Gambia, for special flights after the threat of a regional military intervention loomed British holidaymakers told of a “chaotic” scramble to get them on flights out of Africa when they landed home from crisis-torn Gambia. The first UK tourists arrived at Manchester Airport, speaking of a hurried operation to get them back to Britain as foreign troops massed on the country’s border.
Tourists being evacuated from Gambia as crisis deepens
Special flights were being organized Wednesday to evacuate British and other tourists from Gambia, where the threat of a regional military intervention loomed as the longtime leader refused to give up power. President Yahya Jammeh’s mandate expires on Thursday after he lost elections in December.