Gambia's President Adama Barrow, who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators engineered an exit deal for longstanding ruler Yahya Jammeh, is to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide said. "He (Barrow) is leaving tomorrow and will arrive in Banjul at around 4 pm (1600 GMT)," aide Amie Bojang told Reuters. Jammeh pitched Gambia into turmoil in December when he refused to accept his loss in an election to Barrow and demanded another vote. Those forces are still there, and Barrow spokesman Halifa Sallah told Reuters on Wednesday that he had requested they stay for six months. Many Gambians assume that Jammeh has fled into a luxurious exile rather than face trial for alleged human rights abuses.

Source: The Star January 25, 2017 19:59 UTC