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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Momodou[/i] [br][b][size=4]enegal troops move to Gambia border as Jammeh crisis grows[/size=4] BBC Online[/b] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38669347 [img=left]http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/12FB1/production/_93654777_a1.jpg[/img=left]Senegalese troops have moved towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure President Yahya Jammeh to stand down. Senegal gave him a midnight GMT deadline to quit as west African states sought UN authorisation to use all necessary means to ensure he does. Wednesday was meant to be his last day in office but parliament has granted him three more months in the post. That effectively stops successor Adama Barrow being sworn in on Thursday. His shock victory in the 1 December election plunged The Gambia into crisis. Mr Barrow is currently in Senegal. Mr Jammeh has ruled The Gambia since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1994. At least 26,000 Gambians, fearful that violence could erupt, sought refuge in Senegal this week. Meanwhile, thousands of UK and Dutch tourists are being evacuated from the tiny West African state, which is popular with European holidaymakers because of its beaches...... Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38669347 [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.