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Business Matters: Military Moves To End The Gambia Crisis

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Military Moves To End The Gambia Crisis

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Military Moves To End The Gambia Crisis

Troops cross the border as President Yahya Jammeh refuses to stand aside for Adama Barrow

West African forces enter The Gambia in support of Adama Barrow, who is sworn in as the country's president, while Yahya Jammeh refuses to step aside.

The political crisis in the Gambia continues. Senegalese forces are now in the country, backed by the UN and ECOWAS, and President Jammeh still refuses to hand over the presidency to the incumbent, Adama Barrow. There is a new deadline for mediation but Colin Freeman, a Daily Telegraph reporter in the capital, tells us it is only a matter of time before he is removed by force. 

Former Goldman Sachs banker Steve Mnuchin has had his Senate confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary. Alan Rappeport, Economic Policy reporter at the New York Times, assesses the performance. 

Donald Trump has to begin the difficult process of uniting the country with his inauguration speech. We ask Michael Johns, a former speech writer for George Bush Senior how he would approach the task. 

Also, the inauguration means big business, with all sorts of merchandise on sale to the huge crowds. Abha Bhattaral of the Washington Post tells us about the hot items. 

Roger Hearing is joined from New York by Kara Alaimo, Assistant Professor at Hofstra University and Author of "Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street." and from Hong Kong by Simon Littlewood, President of AC Growth Delivered. 

(Picture: People celebrate the swearing-in of Adama Barrow - Picture Credit: Seyllou / Getty Images)

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