{"id":295404,"date":"2017-02-18T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T08:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=295404"},"modified":"2017-02-18T08:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T08:04:20","slug":"new-gambia-president-adama-barrow-to-be-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/new-gambia-president-adama-barrow-to-be-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gambia President Adama Barrow to be inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">New Gambian President Adama Barrow is due to be formally inaugurated in the capital Banjul where celebrations will mark 52 years of the west African country&#8217;s independence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Barrow was sworn in last month at a ceremony at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time ruler Yahya Jammeh had refused to step down despite his electoral defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Under pressure from regional powers, he went into exile in Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Adama Barrow is only the third president in the history of The Gambia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/11F20\/production\/_94640537_mediaitem94640536.jpg\" alt=\"Billboard announcing President Barrow's inauguration\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Thousands of people are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He has promised a new dawn for the country, which was ruled with an iron fist by Yahya Jammeh.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jammeh was voted out in December but he only agreed to step aside when regional powers sent in troops ready to remove him by force.<\/p>\n<p>Many political prisoners have already been freed and The Gambia is set to rejoin international institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says that thousands of people are expected to attend the ceremony at the main stadium in the capital Banjul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Gambian President Adama Barrow is due to be formally inaugurated in the capital Banjul where celebrations will mark 52 years of the west African country&#8217;s independence. 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