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Gambia's Jammeh Agrees to Step Down - President Barrow

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Gambia's Jammeh Agrees to Step Down - President Barrow

19:24 GMT 20.01.2017 (Updated: 19:36 GMT 20.01.2017)

© AP Photo / Sylvain CherkaouiGambia President elect, Adama Barrow, centre, walks after a meeting with Ecowas delegation in Banjul, Gambia, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Gambia's ruling party pressed for fresh elections, as West African regional mediators intervened Tuesday to try to resolve a political crisis in the tiny West African country that voted its leader of 22 years from power. (AP Photo/ Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Gambia President elect, Adama Barrow, centre, walks after a meeting with Ecowas delegation in Banjul, Gambia, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Gambia's ruling party pressed for fresh elections, as West African regional mediators intervened Tuesday to try to resolve a political crisis in the tiny West African country that voted its leader of 22 years from power. (AP Photo/ Sylvain Cherkaoui) - Sputnik International

The Gambia's longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down amid Senegalese and Nigerian military intervention in the West African country, Gambian President Adama Barrow said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In his address, Adama Barrow said that Jammeh is scheduled to leave Gambia today.

"I would like to inform you that Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down. He is scheduled to depart Gambia today. #NewGambia," Barrow said on his Twitter account.

Adama Barrow is sworn in as President of Gambia at Gambia's embassy in Dakar Senegal in this image taken from TV Thursday, Jan 19, 2017 - Sputnik International

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Barrow's inauguration ceremony was held on Thursday in neighboring Senegal as Jammeh had been refusing to leave, disputing the results of the late 2016 presidential election.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-backed Senegalese and Nigerian forces entered the country late on Thursday to ensure the transfer of power and gave Jammeh two deadlines to depart from office.

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