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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>For the first time since he went into exile, nine years ago, former president Yahya Jammeh has emphatically announced a date for his return to the country. He said will come back next month, November 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n

He made the announcement yesterday through audio messages sent to thousands of his supporters who travelled to his native Kanilai village to hear him speak.<\/p>\n

The former president has always said he has a right to return home under an agreement with the international community which mediated his departure in January 2017. However this is first time he himself set a date for his return. \u201cI want to tell you that I am coming in November and the exact date and time would be announced by the interim leader of the APRC,\u201d Jammeh said.<\/p>\n

He said he rejected the election results in 2016 after IEC declared two different results and that was what brought about the problem.<\/p>\n

Jammeh detailed the international pressure he faced, including interventions from Ecowas, the EU and the UN with a former president of France even declaring Adama Barrow president of The Gambia, regardless of the outcome.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned that his representatives were denied the opportunity to defend his position at emergency meetings held by Ecowas and the EU. \u201cThe next thing I heard was the EU calling an emergency meeting to which I was not invited to defend myself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former president said the terms of the agreement brokered by Alpha Conde\u0301 and the UN Secretary-General\u2019s representative guaranteed his right to return to The Gambia.<\/p>\n

He recounted the circumstances of his departure, citing a desire to avoid conflict and protect the Gambian people. \u201cI don\u2019t want any Gambian child to be a refugee. We know the conditions of the refugee camps,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

After he made the announcement, the crowd cheered and went into joyous celebrations that lasted through the night.<\/p>\n

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