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New Gambia president Adama Barrow takes oath in Senegal

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Gambian President Adama Barrow
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Gambian President Adama Barrow

20th January 2017

By: News24Wire

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Gambian President Adama Barrow has taken the oath of office in neighbouring Senegal, while the country's defeated longtime ruler refuses to step down from power, deepening a political crisis.

Barrow was inaugurated on Thursday in a hastily-arranged ceremony at Gambia's embassy in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

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"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.

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Also at the event were officials from West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS, which is threatening a military intervention 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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