Gambia: Ousted Gambia President Jammeh to Stand Down, Adama Barrow Takes Power

20 January 2017

After days of crisis talks and a miltary incursion, Yahya Jammeh has finally ceded power. Tens of thousands of Gambians fled the country for fear of violence.

Gambia's ousted President Yahya Jammeh ceded power to democratically-elected Adama Barrow after days of negotiations and threats of military action, an advisor to Barrow confirmed on Friday.

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