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Gambia celebrates arrival of new president

Thousands of people line the streets of Gambia's capital Banjul to welcome home new President Adama Barrow days after authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh flees into exile under pressure from regional forces.

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Gambia celebrates arrival of new president

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  1. Gambia commends landing of new president

  2. Gambia's President Adama Barrow, who was confirmed at the Gambian international safe haven in neighboring Senegal, welcomes his supporters upon his entry from Dakar, in Banjul, Gambia. A great many individuals lined the avenues of Gambia's capital Banjul to welcome home new President Adama Barrow days after tyrant pioneer Yahya Jammeh fled into outcast under weight from provincial powers. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  3. People praise the arrival of Gambia's new President Adama Barrow to the nation, at the airplane terminal in Serekunda, Gambia. Wheelbarrel, a previous land operator, won a Dec. 1 decision however Jammeh declined to venture down, constraining his adversary to be introduced at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

  4. Gambian President Adama Barrow responds to the horde of supporters as he touches base at Banjul International Airport. Clad in a long white African tunic, Barrow grinned as he ventured out of a little plane and strolled down a celebrity main street to welcome several representatives and authorities arranged to welcome him. Quickly thereafter, warrior planes from the West African ECOWAS territorial drive passed overhead. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  5. People hold Gambia hails along a road as they praise the slated return of Gambia's new President Adama Barrow to the nation, in Serekunda. "Another page in Gambian history is being turned," said Mohamed Ibn Chambas, U.N. Unique Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, who arranged Jammeh's exit, in a matter of seconds before going with Barrow to Banjul. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

  6. Supporters of Gambian President Adama Barrow accumulate to get him as he lands from Dakar, in Banjul. Wheelbarrel's unexpected voting booth triumph and the assurance of Western and African nations to maintain it is being praised as a snapshot of fair seek after Africa. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  7. Gambia's President Adama Barrow is welcomed by his supporters upon his entry in Banjul. However, ambassadors say small Gambia was a simple target and that territorial armed forces are probably not going to wander into greater nations to remove dictator rulers with more intense partners than Jammeh. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  8. The Gambia Armed Forces music band walk to shape a watch of respect for President Adama Barrow as he touches base in Banjul. Local pioneers exploded an arrangement last Saturday for Jammeh to travel to oust in Equatorial Guinea as a large number of ECOWAS troops shut in following 22 years of progressively abusive administer in Gambia, set apart by charged torment and killings of rivals. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  9. Gambia's President Adama Barrow investigates a watch of respect upon his entry in Banjul. Jammeh's political death is a help to many individuals in the little, fragment like West African nation and the U.N's. Chambas guaranteed help with researching human rights mishandle. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  10. Supporters of Gambia's new President Adama Barrow settle a bulletin in front of his slated come back to Banjul. In the weeks taking after Jammeh's choice to dismiss the decision result toward the beginning of December, Barrow was viewed as defenseless and was secured by unarmed volunteers until he migrated to Dakar. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  11. People praise the arrival of Gambia's new President Adama Barrow to the nation, in Brusubi. Hand truck has asked the 7,000-in number West African military unforeseen to stay in Gambia for an additional six months, Chambas said on Thursday. An ECOWAS official said they were concentrate the proposition. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

  12. Gambia's President Adama Barrow touches base in Banjul. Gambia, a little riverine country encompassed by Western partner Senegal on three sides, has a bloated armed force for its size yet so far there have been no indications of imperviousness to ECOWAS strengths. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  13. A man works "Gambia has chosen" tee shirts in Serekunda, on the day Gambia's new President Adama Barrow is slated to come back to the nation. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

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