Invasion of the Gambia

2017 ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
Part of the 2016-17 Gambian constitutional crisis and the Casamance conflict
The Gambia   ECOWAS Coalition
Date 19 January 2017 – present Location The Gambia Status Jammeh stepped down and went into exile on 21 January 2017 and Barrow returned to the Gambia on 26 January 2017, although 2,500 ECOWAS troops remain in the Gambia. Adama Barrow was sworn in as President in the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal on 19 January. Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana invaded the Gambia on the same day in support of Barrow. A few hours after the initial incursion, the three countries gave Jammeh a last chance to step down. He then stepped down and left the country on 21 January. Barrow returned to the country on 26 January 2017.
Belligerents
Pro-Jammeh forces Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Jungulars MFDC Foreign mercenaries	ECOWAS  Senegal  Nigeria  Ghana  Mali  Togo Pro-Barrow forces Coalition 2016 Gambian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Yahya Jammeh  Benjamin Yeaten	Adama Barrow Macky Sall Muhammadu Buhari Nana Akufo-Addo Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Faure Gnassingbé
Strength
180 1,733 foreign mercenaries	7,000 soldiers 200–800 soldiers 1 warship NNS Unity (F92) 205 soldiers ~125 Gambian navy soldiers
Casualties and losses
26,000–46,000 people displaced

Jammeh stepped down and went into exile on 21 January 2017 and Barrow returned to the Gambia on 26 January 2017, although 2,500 ECOWAS troops remain in the Gambia.

Pro-Jammeh forces

ECOWAS

Pro-Barrow forces

The ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia or the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (abbreviated ECOMIG) – code-named Operation Restore Democracy – is a military intervention in 2017 by several West African countries to resolve a breakdown of internal order in the government of the Gambia due to a constitutional crisis in a dispute over the country's presidency. Its brief period of conflict was precipitated by the refusal to step down from power of Yahya Jammeh, the long-standing President of the Gambia, after he disputed the victory of Adama Barrow in the 2016 presidential election.

As a result of the intervention, Jammeh was forced to step down and go into exile two days after the initial military incursion. Following his departure, 4,000 ECOWAS troops remained in the Gambia to maintain order in preparation for Barrow to return and consolidate his presidency. Five days later, Barrow returned to the Gambia while requesting the ECOWAS troops (now numbering about 2,500) to stay for at least six months to help him firmly establish order. Although there were a few reports of isolated minor clashes during the first few hours of the military incursion, there were no reports of casualties.

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