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Abubukar visits Gambia, Senegal

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    Meanwhile the current military leader, General Abdulsalami Abubukar, arrived in Gambia yesterday for a two-day official visit and talks with President Yahya Jammeh, the Nigerian embassy in Abidjan told IRIN. According to news reports, Jammeh called on Nigeria to continue its technical assistance to Gambia. Referring to Gambia’s support for Nigeria’s role in peacekeeping in West Africa, he added that countries in the region needed peace in order to develop. During the visit, the two leaders were expected to discuss the various conflicts taking place in the region. Although Gambia has no troops in the Nigerian-led ECOMOG force in Sierra Leone, a small Gambian contingent is due to join troops from Togo, Niger and Benin on peace-keeping duty in Guinea Bissau. Abubukar is expected to travel to neighbouring Senegal later today.

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