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Adama Barrow is officially sworn in as the Gambia's new President.
2017-02-18

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, during a visit to the Gambia, announces that the West African nation is to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations following talks with Gambian President Adama Barrow. The Gambia withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2013 under Yahya Jammeh, who considered it a "neo-colonial institution".
2017-02-14

Gambian President Adama Barrow removes "Islamic" from the country's official name. The Gambia will now officially be called The Republic of The Gambia. Barrow also vows to reform the National Intelligence Agency, accused by human rights groups of forced disappearances and torture under Yahya Jammeh.
2017-01-30

Gambian President Adama Barrow returns to the Gambia after being sworn in as president in Senegal, bringing an end to the country's political crisis.
2017-01-26

According to an advisor to Gambian President Adama Barrow, more than 500 million dalasi, equivalent to US$11.3 million, are reported missing from state coffers after former President Yahya Jammeh left the country in exile.
2017-01-23

Former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea.
2017-01-21

President Adama Barrow announces that Yahya Jammeh has agreed step down and leave the country following an intervention by ECOWAS states.
2017-01-20

Lieutenant General Ousman Badjie, chief of the Gambian army, recognizes Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief of the armed forces and says that his troops will not fight ECOWAS soldiers.
2017-01-20

Adama Barrow is sworn in as the Gambia's new President at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
2017-01-19

Opposition candidate Adama Barrow defeats Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, bringing an end to Jammeh's 22-year-rule in the West African nation.
2016-12-2