West African troops have crossed the border into the Gambia as part of regional efforts to support the democratically elected president in a his lingering showdown with his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh. The Nigerian military told the Guardian it was also deploying troops to Thethe Gambia as part of a “standby” Wforce assembled by the west African union Ecowas to enforce the result of the December election, which Barrow won. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Adama Barrow, left, is sworn in as president of the Gambia. “Once the international community recognises Barrow, Jammeh will realise that he does not have legitimacy, and governability is also an impossibility, so he may decide to leave,” he said. He said that events in the tiny west African nation had a much wider resonance for the continent.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2017 17:15 UTC