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West African leaders aim to persuade longtime Gambian ruler to step down; regional force pauses intervention

A convoy of Senegal soldiers heads toward the Gambia boarder with Senegal near Karang, Senegal, Thursday. Senegalese troops charged into neighboring Gambia late Thursday to support the country's newly inaugurated president, while longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh showed no sign of stepping down. | AP

Reuters

Jan 20, 2017

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West African armies halted an operation in Gambia aimed at installing the country's new president, Adama Barrow, on Thursday so regional leaders could make one last attempt to convince longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh to step aside.

Barrow took the oath of office on Thursday at Gambia's embassy in Senegal, calling for international support from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc, the African Union and the United Nations.

West African leaders aim to persuade longtime Gambian ruler to step down; regional force pauses intervention

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