Ex-President Yahya Jammeh Leaves The Gambia

Reuters: West African troops near Gambia's capital after Jammeh flees

West African troops were seen approaching Gambia's capital, Banjul, on Sunday, several witnesses said, as they sought to secure the country and allow new President Adama Barrow to take office after its former ruler fled overnight.

Yahya Jammeh, who led Gambia for 22 years but refused to accept defeat in a December election, flew out of Banjul late on Saturday en route to Equatorial Guinea as the regional force was poised to remove him.

Several witnesses in Barra, a town on the opposite bank of the Gambia River from Banjul, saw scores of soldiers massing near a ferry terminal.

"I saw a lot of them. Too many to count," said Pamadou Joof, 26, who operates a pirogue, a type of small boat. "They had vehicles and a lot of guns."

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