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January 23, 2017

Gambian Leader Agrees to Step Down, Averting Political Crisis
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In international news, longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh agreed to
step down Friday, averting a political crisis in the African nation.
West African troops and tanks had entered Gambia in the event Jammeh
continued to refuse to relinquish power. He'd been the leader of Gambia
for 22 years. On Friday, incoming President Adama Barrow said, "The rule
of fear has been vanished from the Gambia for good." Barrow had been
inaugurated on Thursday in the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal,
as Jammeh clung to power.


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