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January 27, 2017

Gambian President Adama Barrow Returns to Gambia Amid Celebration
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In Africa, Gambian President Adama Barrow arrived back in Gambia on
Thursday, following the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, who
had initially refused to step down. Barrow's supporters lined the
streets to celebrate his return from Senegal, where he'd fled and held
his inauguration last week in the Gambian Embassy in Senegal's capital.
This is one of Barrow's supporters.

Barrow supporter: "I'm here to welcome my president, yeah, because we
are very happy to be here today, welcoming the president of the third
republic of the Gambia, which is Adama Barrow. So today is our happiest
day. We are here to enjoy. And he will be here around 4:00, happy to see
us, as we are preparing for him and welcome him in his country back."



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