{"id":90036,"date":"2025-11-13T07:22:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:32:04","slug":"barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Asserts Jammeh Needs his Approval to Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow declared on Tuesday that former President Yahya Jammeh would not be allowed to return to The Gambia without his authorization, dismissing any possibility of Jammeh\u2019s comeback\u2014even, he said, if the former leader were to enlist the help of \u201chis jinns, marabouts, and witches.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to villagers during his ongoing Meet the People Tour in the North Bank settlement of Badibou Salikenni, Mr. Barrow said Jammeh \u201cdoes not have the power, the tactics, the bravery, or the spirituality\u201d to make a political or physical return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows the powers associated with the presidency,\u201d Mr. Barrow said, his tone alternating between defiance and humor. \u201cHe knows the power President Barrow has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Gambian leader went on to challenge Jammeh\u2019s supporters, remarking that \u201cthe roads are wide open, planes and vehicles are operating every day.\u201d Then, with a brief laugh, he added, \u201cLet him return and see what will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a moment that drew laughter from the audience, Mr. Barrow likened what some perceive as bravery to \u201ca foolish man who removes his shirt in the middle of the street, grabs a cutlass, and asks people to fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not bravery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barrow also reminded the crowd that it was he who defeated Jammeh in the 2016 election, ending his 22-year rule. \u201cIt was I who removed him from power,\u201d the president said. \u201cIt is the same people in this country.\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 declared on Tuesday that former President Yahya Jammeh would not be allowed to return to The Gambia without his authorization, dismissing any possibility of Jammeh\u2019s comeback\u2014even, he said, if the former leader were to enlist the help of \u201chis jinns, marabouts, and witches.\u201d Speaking to villagers during his ongoing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90036","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 Asserts Jammeh Needs his Approval to Return - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow declared on Tuesday that former President Yahya Jammeh would not be allowed to return to The G ...\" \/>\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-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Asserts Jammeh Needs his Approval to Return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow declared on Tuesday that former President Yahya Jammeh would not be allowed to return to The G ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-13T07:22:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T07:32:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763006495.735988.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\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-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Asserts Jammeh Needs his Approval to Return\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T07:22:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T07:32:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763006495.735988.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-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-asserts-jammeh-needs-his-approval-to-return\",\"name\":\"Barrow Asserts Jammeh Needs his Approval to Return - 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