Adama Barrow appoints female as VP
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has named senior politician Fatoumata Tambajang as deputy leader, as regional troops continued security sweeps to prepare for his return to the country from neighbouring Senegal.
Presidential spokesman, Halifa Sallah, said the announcement of Tambajang will be followed by the unveiling of the rest of Barrow’s cabinet later today.
Tambajang, a former minister and United Nations Development Program staffer, was the architect of an opposition coalition that helped Barrow defeat long time ruler Yahya Jammeh in a December 1 presidential election.
She made headlines last month when she told The Guardian newspaper that Jammeh, who came to power in a 1994 coup, would be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed by his regime.
Following her comments, Jammeh, who had initially conceded defeat, announced he no longer recognised the result, triggering a protracted political crisis which ended when he flew into exile late on Saturday.
