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President Barrow Departs Senegal

President Sall of Senegal  bid farewell yesterday to President Barrow of Gambia who is returning to Gambia for the first time after his swearing-in. The President is set to fly Senegalese Airforce plane to Gambia.

He was meant to return on Tuesday but later changed his mind.

 

President Adama Barrow Lands In Gambia Amid Tight Security

Gambia's President Adama Barrow finally returned home Thursday, to solidify his position as the country's first new commander in chief in two decades after a political crisis that sent the previous ruler into exile. Gambians eagerly awaited Barrow at the airport in Banjul amid tight security. Barrow defeated Jammeh in December elections, but the veteran leader did not want to cede power.

Barrow was sworn into office on Jan. 19 at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal because of security threats as Jammeh clung to power.

Jammeh finally left Gambia last weekend, bowing to international pressure that included a regional military force, ending a more than 22-year rule. The West African troops were poised to oust Jammeh if diplomatic talks failed.

There are currently 2,500 of the ECOWAS troops still in Gambia — in the capital, Banjul, as well as at key crossing points between Gambia and Senegal and at the port and airport, according to Sweden's U.N. Ambassador Olof Skoog, the current U.N. Security Council president

 

 

 

Nigerian Fighter Jets in Action as Barrow Lands

Jammeh Donates All Harvested Rice In His Farm To President Barrow

Former President Yahya Jammeh has donated all his proceeds harvested from the 2016 farms to President Adama Barrow to be distributed to women in the small West African country. Jammeh stated this on Gambian state TV over the weekend.

He said: “I hereby wish President Adama Barrow all the best from the bottom of my heart. The Almighty Allah has decided, and I will be found wanting if I as a Muslim and a former president do not sincerely wish him and his administration all the best”.

“On this note, I hereby donate to President Adama Barrow all the rice that is harvested in my Vision 2016 farms. This is the entire harvest for him to give to women who have been helping at the farms in CRR - Central River Division”.