A state of emergency declared in The Gambia, UK tourists to be flown back

The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a state of emergency in the country after refusing to hand over power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won last month's election. Mr Jammeh had ruled the country for 22 years and had initially acknowledged Mr Barrow as the winner but later he said that the ballot count was flawed and lodged a complaint with the country's Supreme Court.
Regional leaders have threatened to intervene with military force if Yahya Jammeh does not step down by a deadline later and a senior Nigerian army source has indicated that it and other West African states were preparing a military force.
As a result, there is a growing political unrest and thousands of UK holidaymakers will have to be flown home from The Gambia.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 18 January 2017.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned against "all non-essential travel" to the west African nation because of possible military intervention following presidential elections on 1 December. Thee are apprehensions that the Banjul International Airport could be shut at short notice. Therefore, travel companies are trying to organize flights back home for UK tourists.


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