Troops Enter Gambia As New President Is Sworn In.
Foreign troops have crossed the border into the Gambia with orders to dislodge a repressive leader who has refused to step down after losing a presidential election on December 1, 2016.
Gambias' erratic President Yayha Jammeh, seized power in a coup 22 years ago and once said he would rule for a billion years.
But on Thursday January 19 2017 , Senegalese military headed towards the capital of the Gambia, Banjul, where Mr Jammeh has been holed up in the state house, insisting that his rule is still valid. Jammeh has warned that he will fight back against any foreign military intervention.
As the invasion began, the winner of the election, Adama Barrow, was being sworn into office in a ceremony about 150 miles outside of the Gambia. The inauguration took place in a non-descript room at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. This is because Barrow has so little control over his country, that he could not even go home over the weekend for the funeral of his son who was killed by a dog.
Gambias' erratic President Yayha Jammeh, seized power in a coup 22 years ago and once said he would rule for a billion years.
But on Thursday January 19 2017 , Senegalese military headed towards the capital of the Gambia, Banjul, where Mr Jammeh has been holed up in the state house, insisting that his rule is still valid. Jammeh has warned that he will fight back against any foreign military intervention.
As the invasion began, the winner of the election, Adama Barrow, was being sworn into office in a ceremony about 150 miles outside of the Gambia. The inauguration took place in a non-descript room at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. This is because Barrow has so little control over his country, that he could not even go home over the weekend for the funeral of his son who was killed by a dog.