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Gambia's Barrow to take oath in Senegal embassy as regional troops gather Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow will be sworn in at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal on Thursday, officials said, as West African troops prepared to back him in a showdown with a defiant incumbent Yahya Jammeh. Full Article

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