Thousands in Gambia rally for ex-dictator's return

BANJUL - Thousands of supporters of Gambia's former dictator Yahya Jammeh demonstrated Thursday on the outskirts of the capital Banjul, demanding his return from exile.

On Thursday, thousands of supporters of Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party gathered in Sukuta, a town 20 kilometres from Banjul, an AFP journalist said. Thousands of Gambians protested last month demanding that Barrow step down, and similar protests are planned for January 19 or 20.The ex-president's supporters argue he has a right to return under a joint statement from the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the United Nations, published at the time of his exile.

"Our message is clear: We want Jammeh to return to The Gambia. He is only one who can rule this country," APRC deputy leader Ousman Rambo Jatta said.

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