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Gambias President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be sworn in at the countrys embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as regional forces massed at the border to force incumbent Yahya Jammeh to quit after his election defeat.
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In messages posted on his social media accounts, Barrow said the inauguration was going to take place as scheduled on Thursday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

Al Jazeeras Nicolas Haque, reporting from Dakar, said representatives of West African heads of states were expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony, due to take place at 16:00 GMT.

A very significant moment for the Gambian history, Haque said.

There was a heavy security presence at Gambias Dakar-based embassy on Thursday afternoon. Embassy staff climbed onto the roof to replace the faded Gambian flag with a new one.

It was not clear how Barrow will travel to Gambia.

VP quits

Earlier on Thursday, sources told Al Jazeera that Isatou Njie Saidy, Gambias Vice President since 1997, had quit, becoming the highest level official to abandon Jammehs camp in his standoff with opposition Barrow, who won last months presidential election.

Saidys resignation comes a series with defections among Jammehs entourage, Haque said.

Eight cabinet members have resigned saying they no longer stand with Jammeh. But despite all these defections, Jammeh is still not willing to concede defeat.

Jammeh initially acknowledged Barrow as the winner of the December 1 vote, but later rejected the result stating irregularities.

Earlier this week, he declared a national state of emergency, and on Wednesday Gambias national assembly approved a resolution to extend his term by 90 days.

Jammeh, who has ruled Gambia since a 1994 coup, is refusing to step down, despite international condemnation and a threat of a military intervention by West African countries to enforce his election defeat.

In and around Gambias capital, Banjul, shops were vlosed and streets quiet with tour operators evacuating hundreds of tourists from the small West African countrys popular beach resorts.

Military operation

The United Nations Security Council was to vote later on Thursday on endorsing a West African military intervention as Senegal, Nigeria and Ghana dispatched hundreds of troops and fighter jets to Gambias border with Senegal.

Senegals army had said on Wednesday it would be ready to cross into its smaller neighbour, which it surrounds, from midnight.

A military operation [is under way] with troops also from Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Mali they are all at the Senegale border and presenting a united front, Haque said.

A senior Nigerian military source told Reuters news agency that regional forces would only act once Barrow had been sworn in.

What the Senegalese said about the midnight deadline was to put pressure on Jammeh. It was a show of muscle, a diplomat in the region told Reuters.

The United Nations said at least 26,000 people fearing unrest have fled to Senegal and tour operators have sent charter jets to fly hundreds of European holiday makers out of the country.

(Source: Al Jazeera)

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