{"id":286777,"date":"2017-01-20T19:05:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286777"},"modified":"2017-01-20T19:05:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:05:42","slug":"gambias-yahya-jammeh-agrees-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/gambias-yahya-jammeh-agrees-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia&#8217;s Yahya Jammeh &#8216;agrees to step down&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gambia&#8217;s new president has said that Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the country for 22 years and refused to step down after losing the recent election, has finally &#8220;agreed to leave&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Twitter on Friday, Adama Barrow said Jammeh would also leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to inform you that Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down. He is scheduled to depart Gambia today. #NewGambia,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I would like to inform you that Yaya Jammeh agreed to relinquish power and leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adama Barrow (@BarrowOfficial1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarrowOfficial1\/status\/822515802054201344\">January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barrow was sworn-in at\u00a0Gambia&#8217;s embassy in Dakar in neighbouring Senegal, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Red carpets were on Friday reportedly laid out at the airport in Gambia&#8217;s capital in what appeared to be preparations for a speech by Jammeh and a departure.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Friday, Gambia&#8217;s chief of defence forces Ousmane Badjie\u00a0pledged his allegiance to the country&#8217;s new president, a major shift as mediation continued to persuade defeated Jammeh to cede power.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh had rejected Barrow&#8217;s December 1 election win, despite significant pressure from regional powers and the UN, sparking a major crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambia&#8217;s new president has said that Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the country for 22 years and refused to step down after losing the recent election, has finally &#8220;agreed to leave&#8221;. 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