{"id":88948,"date":"2025-10-29T19:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick"},"modified":"2025-10-29T20:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:03:17","slug":"barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Calls Jammeh&#8217;S Homecoming Vow Political Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has dismissed former president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s recent announcement of a possible homecoming, as a political move intended to deceive his supporters.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his native Mankamang Kunda, Barrow told visitors from Foni that Jammeh is playing politics by announcing dates for his return. \u201cIf he truly wanted to come back to The Gambia, he would have done so during his mother\u2019s funeral. Anyway, The Banjul International Airport is open\u201d, Barrow said.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow argued that Jammeh continues to enjoy loyalty in Foni mainly because of his roots in the region but insisted that his government has done far more for the area than he Jammeh did during his 22 years in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut even if they continue to be loyal to him, I remain the president of The Gambia and since assuming office in 2016, I have never ordered the arrest of anyone in Foni, and Jammeh\u2019s exile is self-inflicted,\u201d Barrow said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cJammeh brought exile upon himself. Nobody sent him out of The Gambia.He can never be president in this country again. The only title he has, is former president and whether he accepts it or not, that\u2019s what he will be called.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. President Adama Barrow has dismissed former president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s recent announcement of a possible homecoming, as a political move intended to deceive his supporters. Speaking at his native Mankamang Kunda, Barrow told visitors from Foni that Jammeh is playing politics by announcing dates for his return. \u201cIf he truly wanted to come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barrow Calls Jammeh&#039;S Homecoming Vow Political Trick - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has dismissed former president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s recent announcement of a possible homecoming, as ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Calls Jammeh&#039;S Homecoming Vow Political Trick\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has dismissed former president Yahya Jammeh\u2019s recent announcement of a possible homecoming, as ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T19:27:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T20:03:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761755542.038374.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Calls Jammeh&#8217;S Homecoming Vow Political Trick\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-29T19:27:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-29T20:03:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761755542.038374.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-jammehs-homecoming-vow-political-trick\",\"name\":\"Barrow Calls Jammeh'S Homecoming Vow Political Trick - 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