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Adama Barrow returns to Gambia Thursday

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Gambian President Adama Barrow was sworn in as the new head of state on January 19, 2017 at his country’s embassy in Senegal (AFP)

President Adama Barrow is set to return to The Gambia on Thursday after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh finally quit power under threat of a military intervention, west African political sources said.

A source close to the Senegalese presidency and a diplomatic source in The Gambia’s capital Banjul on Wednesday confirmed the announcement made on a Facebook page linked to the new president that Barrow is due to arrive on Thursday at 4:00 pm (1600 GMT).

Barrow won December’s election, but for weeks Jammeh refused to step down, setting off a crisis that saw the new president take his oath of office in neighbouring Senegal last week.

Jammeh went into exile in Equatorial Guinea at the weekend, under threat of a regional military intervention.

Barrow, who has been in Senegal since January 15, had put off his return to The Gambia until his safety could be guaranteed by thousands of soldiers from five African nations currently deployed in the tiny nation, but unease had been growing over his prolonged absence.

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Barrow is the third and current President of the Gambia since January 2017. He is a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP).

Prior to his presidential campaign, he was the treasurer of the UDP and operated a real estate agency.

He established the agency Majum Real Estate in 2006, after returning from studies in London, England.

With reports from AFP/YAHOO

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