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Gambians celebrate as West African troops enter capital after Jammeh flees
Ex-ruler Jammeh flew out of Banjul late on Saturday en route to Equatorial Guinea as the regional force was poised to remove him
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By Tim Cocks and Diadie Ba
BANJUL/DAKAR, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the capital city of Banjul and took control of the presidential palace, the symbolic seat of ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh's 22-year authoritarian regime.
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