The ceremony was … In 2014, Gambia's first couple attended a state dinner at the White House; Yahya and Zineb Jammeh posed for photos with President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. We want a level playing field for every politician in the future, that is our goal.A leak of confidential files reveals how Cyprus became a haven for the world's elite and poses a threat to EU security. Nomadic Van Gujjars in northern India fear remaining in the forest while their resettled relatives struggle to adjust.From celebrating culture to highlighting a suicide epidemic, Indigenous artists are creating masks with meaning. President Adama Barrow has taken a new wife. She described how she was sexually assaulted by the president at his summer house, Kanilai, in 2013 when she was 22: “One evening, a presidential aide called me and told me to come with her to the president’s private apartment. "We promised to do a lot of things, including electoral reforms," he "We will look at everything and avoid making any mistake to arrive at a final document. Unconfirmed reports said that as tension continued to mount, the wife and children of the outgoing Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh allegedly … "There is a crisis in The Gambia. A week after being sworn in abroad, Adama Barrow is The 51-year-old, a property developer who never held elected office before, won a December 1 election to end the rule of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh.Jammeh initially conceded defeat, but later contested the poll's results stating irregularities. Barrow's campaign benefited from social media and internet technology, which helped the opposition to organise mobile rallies and avoid roadblocks during campaigning.After his election victory, Barrow said his top priorities once in office would be to revive the economy and bring in a new electoral law that would stop leaders from hanging on to power for decades. We want the democratic process to be very smooth in the future. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. That's why everyone is taking the Back Way [migrant route]," he said, mindful that riches seldom await those who reach other countries with little awaiting them. Only days before his planned inauguration at The Gambia's embassy in Senegal's capital, Dakar, a personal tragedy struck Barrow.His eight-year-old son, Habibu, died in The Gambia after being bitten by a dog. According to The Gambia's privately owned Point newspaper, he married his second wife, Alima Sallah, in 2010, but Mr Jammeh's office issued an … Barrow missed the funeral as he was advised to remain in Senegal for his safety before the swearing-in ceremony.Barrow took the oath of office on January 19, as troops from a regional bloc marched into The Gambia threatening military intervention in order to push Jammeh out.The deadlock ended late on Saturday when a delegation of West African leaders convinced Jammeh, who came to power in a 1994 coup, to step down, even as the regional entered The Gambia.Barrow, a businessman who owns an estate agency, was previously employed at The Gambia's largest property rental firm.A former economic migrant, he lived in Britain - The Gambiaâs former colonial ruler - for three and a half years in the early 2000s.His time in the UK saw him work as a security guard in a North London branch of the catalogue retailer Argos, where he developed a love for the English football team, Arsenal.A husband to two wives and father of five until his son's death, he is known to be a devout Muslim and a self-confessed workaholic. Barrow tied the knot on the 27th March with Fula beauty, Kumba Leyti Ka. Before running for president, he had served as the UDPâs treasurer.During the election campaign, his face was plastered on car windows, brandished on campaign posters, and printed on grey T-shirts popular among the countryâs youth.Having previously left his homeland to find work, Barrow identified with the draw of Europe for young, poverty-struck Gambians fleeing in large numbers for the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of a Maryland property acquired with approximately $3,500,000 in corruption proceeds by the ex-president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, through a trust set up by his wife, Zineb Jammeh. The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh stole at least $362m from the state during his 22-year rule, the West African country's justice … "If you are a religious man it always influences you," he told AFP news agency in an interview last year.Burly but soft-spoken, Barrow was thrust into the limelight following the jailing of top officials from the United Democratic Party (UDP) in The Gambia last July. The newly sworn-president of Gambia, Adama Barrow took the oath of office on Thursday, January 19, at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal. The former property developer, who once worked as a London security guard, has two wives and four children. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Mr Jammeh, pictured here with his wife Zeinab, won four elections before his shock defeat in 2016. 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