Senegal announced that its troops entered neighbouring Gambia on Thursday to force its longtime ruler, Yahya Jammeh, to step down, part of a bold West African regional effort to defend a democratic election won by the opposition.
The operation was announced after the successor chosen by voters last month, Adama Barrow, took the oath of office from exile in the Senegalese capital. “We have entered Gambia,” Senegalese army Col. Abdou Ndiaye wrote in a text message to the Reuters news agency.
The outgoing Jammeh who has help unto power for 20 years has been given one last chance after allied forces say he has till mid-day to leave peacefully.
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