Gambians return home after Jammeh flies into exile
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Channel: africanews · 2017 · News & Politics
Gambians are returning home after Jammeh flew into exile. According to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees),about 45,000 Gambians, mainly children, had fled to Senegal since Jan. 1. Yahya Jammeh, accused of serious rights violations, flew out of Banjul late on Saturday night after leading Gambia for 22 years. The choice of Equatorial Guinea for his exile helped ease concerns that Jammeh might interfere in Gambia's politics if he stayed in Guinea, whose… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/22/gambians-return-home-after-jammeh-flies-into-exile Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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