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Adama Barrow takes oath as Gambian President in Senegal
Winner of December Gambian presidential election, Adama Barrow has been inaugurated in Senegal while longtime ruler Yahaya Jammeh refuses to cede power, further deepening a protracted political crisis in the small West African country.
Barrow was inaugurated on Thursday in a hastily-arranged ceremony at the Gambian Embassy in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
“This is a day no Gambian will ever forget in a lifetime,”
Barrow said in a speech immediately after being sworn in.
The small embassy room held about 40 people, including Senegal’s Prime Minister and the head of Gambia’s electoral commission.
Also at the event were officials from West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, which is threatening to invade Gambia to force outgoing president Yahya Jammeh, who lost a December 1 election, to step down.
The UN Security Council was set to vote later on Thursday on a draft resolution endorsing a military intervention by ECOWAS members to remove Jammeh.
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