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Monday 31 January 2022

Prince Andrew gives up honorary membership at prestigious golf club

Britain’s Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, one of the world’s most prestigious golf clubs over his sexual assault lawsuit.
The club in St. Andrews, Scotland, announced the move Friday, two weeks after Andrew was stripped of his honorary military titles and roles with charitable organizations amid a U.S. civil lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was 17.
“I can confirm that the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews has received notification that the Duke of York will relinquish his honorary membership,” the club said in a statement. “We respect and appreciate his decision.”

Manchester City defender, Kyle Walker has been slapped with a three-match Champions League ban for 'assault' ahead of the knockout stages.
The right-back saw red for petulantly kicking out at RB Leipzig striker Andre Silva late on during City's 2-1 dead-rubber defeat in Germany at the start of December.
UEFA's disciplinary board met on Tuesday and handed Walker a suspension that takes in both of the last-16 legs against Sporting Lisbon.
Walker was handed an automatic one-game ban but each disciplinary case is assessed by UEFA, with his punishment increased for what regulations state as 'assault'.

A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed on Friday morning January 28, sending multiple vehicles and a public bus plummeting into a park below, officials said.
According to CBS Pittsburgh, ten people suffered minor injuries and four people were taken to area hospitals, but none of the injuries were life-threatening.
"This could have been much worse," Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman told CBS Pittsburgh at the collapse site. Fetterman noted a winter storm delayed the start of schools and kept people off the roads. Images from the scene showed vehicles piled up amid the rubble. Gas lines running along the bridge ruptured, causing a large leak, and crews shut off the lines, officials said in a statement.

Manchester United striker, Mason Greenwood has been accus d of sexual assault and domestic violence by his girlfriend, Harriet Robson. Earlier this morning, a story was put out on Harriet’s Instagram account showing the bruises on her body with a caption stating: “To everyone who wants to know what Mason Greenwood actually does to me”.
Harriet also posted an audio clip in which Greenwood was recorded attempting to force her to have sex with him.
United have released a statement this morning saying ‘We are aware of images and allegations circulating on social media. We will not make any further comment until the facts have been established. Manchester United does not condone violence of any kind.’

Manchester United's Mason Greenwood arrested on suspicion of rape, assault

Manchester United's Mason Greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault.
United have announced that Greenwood, 20, will not play or train while police and the club work to establish the full circumstances around images and an audio file that circulated on social media on Sunday.
A Greater Manchester Police statement said: "Greater Manchester Police were made aware earlier today (Sunday 30 January) of online social media images and videos posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence. An investigation was launched and following enquiries we can confirm a man in his 20s has since been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault. He remains in custody for questioning. Enquiries are ongoing."

Former US president, Donald Trump has claimed his supporters who were jailed for the January 6, 2021 capitol hill insurrection were being treated 'unfairly' and would be pardoned from serving jail time of he wins election in 2024.
Trump while teasing a potential 2024 presidential bid during a campaign-style rally in Texas on Saturday evening, January 29, claimed that his supporters who broke into the Capitol last year are being treated ‘unfairly’ by President Joe Biden.
‘If I run, and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly,’ he said to enthusiastic applause.

Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst, has died at the age of 30. Kryst, who is a lawyer, jumped from the 60-story Orion building at 350 W. 42nd St. around 7:15 a.m on Sunday, Jan. 30. and was found dead in the street below, sources said.
Kryst, who lived on the ninth floor of the building, was alone when she jumped and was last seen on a 29th-floor terrace, sources said, according to New York Post.
Just hours before she jumped, Kryst wrote on her Instagram page, "May this day bring you rest and peace."
The former beauty queen’s family confirmed the sad news in a statement that reads: "In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie.

Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal won from two sets down against Daniil Medvedev on Sunday afternoon, January 30 in an epic battle in Melbourne, to win the Australia Open. It was a record 21st Grand Slam men's title in the most stunning fashion, as the 'clay king' fought back supported by a rapturous Melbourne crowd.
Coming into the tournament as the sixth seed, Nadal rallied to win 2-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena. Medvedev who won the US Open was going for his second successive major title.
The Russian who is ranked world number two in tennis, was in charge of proceedings before Nadal employed a good fighting spirit to win the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo has picked up the Globe Soccer's Top Scorer of All Time award at Dubai Expo 2020.
Ronaldo has scored a total of 801 goals during his career so far, having played for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Portugal.
On Friday January 28, the Manchester United superstar was handed the gong while on holiday in Dubai at the Al Wasl Plaza having reached the landmark following his fairytale return to Old Trafford. The 36-year-old was greeted by hundreds of supporters who had turned out to catch a glimpse of the superstar at the ceremony.

Dusan Vlahovic has finally completed his £62million move from Fiorentina to Juventus after successfully undergoing a medical in Turin, and rejecting a move to Arsenal. The 21-year-old, who had been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal before opting to remain in Italy, put pen to paper on his Juventus deal to end rumors after a host of interest in his signature.
Vlahovic agreed on personal terms with Juventus earlier this week, having scored 20 goals in 24 matches for Fiorentina this season. After clinching the coveted signing, Juventus gave their new man a glowing report, saying: 'It would be reductive to describe Dusan as simply a force of nature. In addition to his physical prowess, he displays outstanding technique, power, class, and all-importantly, a clinical coldness in front of goal.

Kenyan police said on Wednesday they have launched an investigation after badly decomposed bodies, some of which bore signs of torture, were found in a river.
A Kenyan rights group said it counted 21 unidentified bodies – all men – in a hospital morgue that workers there said had been retrieved from the River Yala in a scenic area of western Kenya.
“Some of the bodies were tied with ropes, others had deep cuts and others had polythene bags on the heads,” Haki Africa executive director Hussein Khalid said in a statement after the visit on Monday.
“The mortuary attendant informed us that at least 10 bodies were found in individual sacks which were properly stitched like parcels.”

US President Joe Biden will honour his electoral promise to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House has said.
This comes as Biden has been handed the unforeseen opportunity to nominate his own Judge to the US Supreme court after it was revealed on Wednesday, January 26 that liberal justice, Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June.
Though Breyer's retirement plans are yet to be officially confirmed, Biden has already shortlisted possible candidates although Justice Breyer's replacement would not shift the court's current 6-3 conservative majority.

A sculpture of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was on Wednesday, Jan, 26, placed at the helicopter crash site where they died alongside seven others two years ago.
The bronze statue depicts Kobe and Gigi wearing basketball uniforms and sharing a loving glance as Gigi holds her father's hand as it rests on her shoulder.
Sculptor Dan Medina was at the site to greet fans who made the 2.1km hike to pay their respects to the sports legend.

Embattled UK royal, Prince Andrew has denied he had a close friendship with convicted Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
In court papers filed on Wednesday, January 26, lawyers for the prince denied his close relationship with Maxwell while also demanding to go before a jury to contest the claim brought by his accuser Virginia Giuffre.

The Pentagon has said 8500 US troops are on standby to deploy at short notice to Europe, should Russia invade Ukraine. Russia continues to deny planning military action against Ukraine, despite massing 100,000 troops at the border saying it sees Nato as a security threat, and is demanding legal guarantees that the alliance will not expand further east, including into neighbouring Ukraine. But the US has said the issue at stake is Russian aggression, not Nato expansion.
On Monday night, January 24, US President Joe Biden held a video call with European allies as Western countries plan for a common strategy against Russian aggression.

Morocco has said it will reopen its airspace to international passenger flights next month.
The North African country banned all incoming and outgoing international flights last November to try and limit the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said that the ban would be lifted on 7 February.
Mr Akhannouch urged passengers to comply with Covid-19 guidelines and called on Moroccans to take their vaccine jabs.
Morocco has had just more than 15,000 Covid fatalities so far.

2-year-old boy saves family from fire by waking his parents who lost their sense of smell from COVID-19

A 2-year-old boy has been praised as a hero after saving his family from fire by waking his parents who were unaware of the smoke because they had lost their sense smell due to the coronavirus, in the middle of the night.
Nathan, 33, and Kayla Dahl, 28, who lost their sense of smell and taste after suffering from Covid-19, did not wake to the smell of smoke and their fire alarms did not go off.
Their son Brandon who was sleeping in the living room, woke to the smoke and flames and got his mother to wake up.
Kayla told Good Morning America;

The United States has banned Chinese telecoms giant, China Unicom from operating in the country over "significant" national security and espionage concerns. The firm must stop providing telecoms services in America within 60 days. The announcement comes after another Chinese company, China Telecom, had its licence to operate in the US revoked in October.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it had voted unanimously to revoke authorisation for the company's American unit to operate in the US.
FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement: "There has been mounting evidence - and with it, a growing concern - that Chinese state-owned carriers pose a real threat to the security of our telecommunications networks."

Rwanda to reopen border with Uganda after three years

Rwanda has announced that its main border with Uganda, closed in 2019, will reopen on Monday.
Cross-border movement of people and goods at the Gatuna-Katuna border was halted following tensions between the two East African nations.
Produce has only been allowed to pass through two smaller border posts at Cyanika and Kagitumba.
The reopening was announced after Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, went to meet Rwandan President Paul Kagame over the weekend.

Moviegoers who watched the 2003 indie film “The Station Agent” met main character Finbar McBride while he was working at a model train store in Hoboken, N.J. After discovering the shopkeeper stood around 4-foot-5, some customers cracked jokes.
“De plane! De plane!” one exclaimed, a reference to a line delivered by Tattoo, a character played by Hervé Villechaize, who was 3-foot-10, on the TV show “Fantasy Island.”
Another shopper asked, “Hey, where’s Snow White?”
This week, actor Peter Dinklage, who played McBride, once again found himself grappling with Snow White vis-a-vis dwarfism. On Monday’s episode of the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron,” Dinklage reacted to Disney creating a live-action remake of its first animated feature film, 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” In June, the company announced the role of Snow White was going to Rachel Zegler, who played María in Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” released last month.

A scientist who has discovered a new species of insect immediately "knew it was something very special".
Dr Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, found the leafhopper on a student field trip to Kibale National Park, in west Uganda.
He named the metallic-sheened insect Phlogis kibalensis. Dr Helden said it is from an "incredibly rare" group of leafhoppers, whose "biology remains almost completely unknown".
The last recorded sighting of a leafhopper from the Phlogis genus was in the Central African Republic in 1969.

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino has controversially opined that a biennial world cup will prevent illegal immigration by giving African migrants ''hope.''
According to the football chief, proposed changes to football's calendar might make Africans less likely to migrate to Europe and risk death in the Mediterranean Sea.
Speaking on Wednesday, January 26, in support of FIFA's calendar reforms, which include plans for biennial World Cups, at the Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Infantino said the proposals were vital to give the football world outside of Europe hope.

Pope Francis tells parents to support their children regardless of their sexual orientation and not 'hide behind an attitude of condemnation'

Pope Francis has told parents to support their children and to 'not hide in an attitude of condemnation' during his weekly audience with the public. The 85-year-old pontiff made the appeal during the weekly audience at the Vatican.
He called on families to never condemn their children for whatever reason, including over their sexual orientation.
The pontiff also prayed for peace in Ukraine, calling for dialogue to prevail over partisan interests so as to resolve the West's standoff with Russia.

A law to criminalise "virginity repair" surgery, known as hymenoplasty, has been introduced by the British government.
Under an amendment to the health care bill added on Monday, Jan. 24, any procedure that attempts to reconstruct the hymen will be illegal no matter if the individual undergoing the surgery consents or not.
A growing number of clinics, private hospitals, and pharmacies offer the controversial surgery promising the restoration of virginity - with a large number of girls and young women coerced into the procedure, according to WION News.

Mario Balotelli has been named in the Italy squad for the first time since 2018 as the European champions plan for their World Cup play-off semi-final.
The former Manchester City and Liverpool striker, 31, has not featured for his country since September 2018. Balotelli is one of 35 players named for a three-day training camp after scoring nine times in 21 appearances across all competitions this season, for his club Adana Demirspor in Turkey.

Rapper Cardi B has won her defamation lawsuit against Latasha Kebe, a blogger and YouTuber known online as Tasha K, and has been awarded $1.25 million in damages. The jury’s January 24 verdict concluded a two-week federal trial during which Cardi B testified that she had experienced extreme anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation due to Kebe’s claims.
Cardi took Kebe to court in 2019 over dozens of videos featuring wild allegations, among which was the high- (or low-)light that the rapper B “f–ked herself with beer bottles” onstage when she was working as a stripper. Kebe also claimed that Cardi had prostituted herself, was addicted to hard drugs, was unfaithful to her husband Offset, and had contracted herpes.

Kenya police launch probe after 21 unidentified bodies dumped in river

Nairobi – Kenyan police said on Wednesday they have launched an investigation after badly decomposed bodies, some of which bore signs of torture, were found in a river.
A Kenyan rights group said it counted 21 unidentified bodies – all men – in a hospital morgue that workers there said had been retrieved from the River Yala in a scenic area of western Kenya.
“Some of the bodies were tied with ropes, others had deep cuts and others had polythene bags on the heads,” Haki Africa executive director Hussein Khalid said in a statement after the visit on Monday.
“The mortuary attendant informed us that at least 10 bodies were found in individual sacks which were properly stitched like parcels.”

SPOTIFY is taking Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's £18million podcast deal "into its own hands", a source said, after the couple failed to produce any content over the last year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a deal with Spotify in December 2020 but have since only produced just one 35-minute podcast episode. The media giant appears to be stepping in to help the couple deliver content by recruiting new in-house staff to work with Archewell, Harry, and Meghan's media company.
The new recruits, who are being offered six-month contracts based in LA, will work on a show that features "the voices of high profile women".

Ozzie, the world's oldest male Gorilla is dead. The western lowland silverback was found dead by his "heartbroken" care team at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia, US, on Tuesday morning, January 25.
The gorilla who died at the age of 61, is said to have lost his appetite since last week and was being provided with supportive care to encourage him to eat and drink.
But over the last 24 hours he had been treated for facial swelling, weakness and an inability to eat or drink, the zoo said.
Raymond B King, the zoo's president and chief executive, said:

A new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin.
The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in American history. Other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025, the Mint said in a release on Monday.
"Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country -- what we value, and how we've progressed as a society," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a separate statement. "I'm very proud that these coins celebrate the contributions of some of America's most remarkable women, including Maya Angelou."

After nearly four years of construction, China's longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic. At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai.
According to government officials in Jiangsu, the tunnel was built at a cost 9.9 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion). Construction began on January 9, 2018.
Over 2 million cubic meters of concrete were used to build the two-way tunnel, which has six lanes and is 17.45 meters wide, reports China's official news agency, Xinhua.

Janet Jackson claims her late brother Michael Jackson bullied her about her fluctuating weight, calling her a "pig" and a "slaughter hog".
Addressing the fat-shaming comments in her new documentary, Janet, the singer remembers her painful relationship with Michael, and how his jokes would affect her.
She said he called her "fat, horse, pig, cow, and dog," during their childhood.
"When you have somebody say you're too heavy, it affects you," she said.
Janet said they both laughed at the time but the taunts left a lasting impact on her.

King Felipe of Spain's younger sister Princess Cristina has announced her separation from husband Inaki Urdangarin after 24 years of marriage and four children together.
"By mutual agreement we have decided to break off our marriage. Our commitment to our children remains intact. Since this is a private decision we ask the utmost respect of all those around us," the couple, who have four children, said in a statement according to The Times.
The announcement comes one week after photos revealed Urdangarin's affair with another woman. Urdangarin and the woman were photographed holding hands during a visit to southern France.

Dutch authorities discovered a stowaway hiding in the nose wheel of a cargo plane when it landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Sunday morning. The man had been hiding for more than 11 hours since the plan departed from Johannesburg, South Africa, according to a spokesperson at Schiphol airport and police. While the individual was not identified, officials said he is believed to be between 16-35 years old.
"We learned that a person was found having stowed away on a cargo plane at the airport's cargo platform, this morning," Schiphol Airport spokeswoman Willemeike Koster told CNN. The Dutch Royal Military Police is handling the situation, Koster said.

For most people, thinking about the Saudi Arabian desert probably conjures up images of sand dunes baked by relentless sunshine. More recently, however, those sands have been covered in snow.
Several recent snow and hailstorms in the region have transformed landscapes in and around Saudi Arabia, stirring excitement among locals and causing a sensation on social media.
Earlier this month, Saudi photographer Osama Al-Habri captured aerial images of Badr Governorate, southwest of the Islamic pilgrimage city of Medina, dressed in white as locals gathered to enjoy the unusual sight.

A Palestinian terrorist, in prison for 15 years, allegedly fathered four children during his time in jail after his sperm was smuggled out.
The claim was made by newly-released terrorist Rafat Al-Qarawi on Palestinian Authority Television.
Despite sperm not lasting that long outside of its hosts body, he claimed that the bags are filled, released, and marked with the name of whomever has filled it.
He said: "We smuggled out sperm through the canteen. The Palestinian prisoner gives his family five items in a bag. It's like going to a supermarket and you want to give your family something, a gift, candies, cookies, juice, honey, whatever you want.

Roy Hodgson has been confirmed as Watford's new manager after agreeing to take charge of the relegation-threatened club until the end of the season.
According to Sportsmail, the 74-year-old will land a seven-figure bonus, on top of what is described as a 'modest' salary, if he can lead the club to Premier League safety.
Hodgson entered Watford's London Colney base on Tuesday morning, to complete the formalities of a six-month contract.
Later in the evening, his appointment was confirmed and announced to fans.

Britain Ends All Covid-19 Restrictions

Britain has ended all covid-19 restrictions, saying face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in most parts of the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant has now peaked nationally.
While hospitals in northern England still are getting pressed by high caseloads and infections were still rising in schools, Johnson said hospital admissions and patients in intensive care units elsewhere in England were stabilizing or falling.

It was past midnight when a crane descended on the imposing bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, lifting his upper body from the pedestal where it has presided at the American Museum of Natural History since 1940. The remainder of the sculpture, now surrounded by scaffolding, is scheduled to leave in pieces through the week. Flanked by representations of a Native American man and an African man on foot, the shadow of the president on horseback is diminishing by the day.
A spokeswoman for the institution said that the approximately $2 million removal process was conducted with historic preservation specialists and several dozen workers. It was approved by multiple New York City agencies.

Defending African champions, Algeria have crashed out of the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cameroon.
Algeria who had just one point in two games and needed a win to qualify to the next round of the tournament were crushed 3 - 1 by Ivory Coast in the group stage on Thursday evening.
Franck Kessie and Ibrahim Sangare scored in the first half for the Elephants in Douala, while Pepe added another goal after the break as the Ivory Coast secured top spot in Group E.
Riyad Mahrez failed to a second-half penalty before Sofiane Bendebka pulled one back for Algeria, their first goal since arriving in Cameroon, but it was too late to change the scoreline.
In Group E, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea cruised to the round of 16 with seven and 6 points respectively, while Algeria crashed out with just one point. Sierra Leone who got 2 points will be hoping to qualify on the best losers opportunity.

Thursday 20 January 2022

Thousands of cranes killed by bird flu in 'worst blow to wildlife' in Israel's history

An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting authorities to declare a popular nature reserve off-limits to visitors and warn of a possible egg shortage as poultry birds are culled as a precaution.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met his national security adviser and other experts to discuss efforts to contain the outbreak and prevent it passing into humans. So far no human transmission has been reported, Bennett's office said.
Israeli media said children who had visited the reserve may have touched a stricken crane and thus contributed to the spread of the flu.

The authorities in Burkina Faso have said they disrupted access to Facebook due to security fears.
Government spokesperson Alkassoum Maiga said the authorities did not have to explain themselves on the shutdown first reported on 10 January and which appears to have continued.
“I think that if we have a choice between letting insecurity spread and taking measures that allow us to maintain a minimum control over the situation, then the choice seems clear to us that the national interest must take precedence," Maiga said, according to the popular Radio Omega.

At least 10 people have died in Madagascar following heavy rains in the capital, Antananarivo. Two other people were injured and more than 500 were displaced by the storm on Tuesday.
The rain caused floods, landslides and damaged houses and roads, according to the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management.
The meteorological department has warned of more heavy rains in the coming days.
The rains come as southern parts of Madagascar are reeling from the worst drought in decades and the UN estimates that more than 1.3 million people there are in need of food.

West African nations sever links with Mali over election delay

West African nations will close their borders with Mali, sever diplomatic ties and impose tough economic sanctions in response to its "unacceptable" delay in holding elections following a 2020 military coup, the 15-state regional bloc said on Sunday.
The fresh measures from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represent a significant hardening of its stance towards Mali, whose interim authorities have proposed holding elections in December 2025 instead of this February as originally agreed with the bloc.
In a communique issued after an emergency summit in the Ghanaian capital Accra, ECOWAS said it found the proposed timetable for a transition back to constitutional rule totally unacceptable.
This schedule "simply means that an illegitimate military transition government will take the Malian people hostage," ECOWAS added.

At least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede at a Christian crusade in a densely populated area in the capital, Monrovia. Police spokesman Moses Carter told the BBC the stampede occurred on Wednesday night when a group of gangsters, some carrying knives, moved on the open-air ground and attacked worshippers.
He added that one person, who was carrying a knife, has been arrested.
The crusade - a term commonly used in Liberia to describe Christian prayer gatherings - had been organised by an influential pastor.

Algeria has closed schools for 10 days and enhanced screening at airports and other control measures following a rise in coronavirus cases.
It has also encouraged people to get vaccinated to counter the spread of the virus.
The decision by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to shut schools starting from Thursday followed an emergency meeting of ministers, top health and security officials.
A statement from the presidency however said that it was up to the universities to determine whether to close or reschedule their classes.
The country has recorded more than 220,000 coronavirus cases and over 6,000 deaths since the pandemic began.

Gambia's President Barrow sworn in after court win

Adama Barrow has been sworn in as The Gambia's president for a second term after the Supreme Court upheld his re-election for a second time. The Gambian presidency has posted footage on Facebook of the 56-year-old taking his oath of office.
The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) had challenged the results of the 4 December election that saw Mr Barrow win with 53% of votes.
The UDP had said the vote was marred by widespread irregularities.

The hurt from disappointing defeats "does not get any easier" said Andy Murray after a subdued display against Japan's Taro Daniel saw him knocked out of the Australian Open in round two.
Britain's Murray lost 6-4 6-4 6-4 to qualifier Daniel - ranked below him at 120 in the world - on John Cain Arena.
It was a far cry from the 34-year-old's performance in Tuesday's victory over 21st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.
"When you know you've not got many years left it is frustrating," he said.

Novak Djokovic is discussing with lawyers about suing the Australian government for £3.2million for "ill treatment".
The unvaccinated tennis star, 34, claimed he had a visa exemption but was deported before the Australian Open.
The damages of £3.2million includes the £2.3million prize money the world No?1 tennis player expected to have won.
According to The Sun, a source close to his agent Edoardo Artladi said: "It’s well known that Novak and his family feel he was poorly treated in the quarantine hotel in Melbourne.
"His mother revealed how it was full of fleas and maggots. He was kept a virtual prisoner."
Lawyer Toma Fila added: "He was subjected to humiliating treatment. He should sue."
Djokovic is back home in Belgrade, Serbia.

Former Real Madrid and Man.City star, Robinho bags 9-years in prison for rape

Former Real Madrid and Manchester City striker, Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in 2013. Robinho, who was playing for AC Milan at the time, was part of a group that gang-raped a 23-year-old Albanian woman at the Sio Cafe nightclub and was originally sentenced in 2017, but The Court of Cassation in Rome rejected an appeal from the former Brazil international and Ricardo Falco, a friend of the former player, relating to the incident, which occurred in 2013.
The latest decision from the court in Rome is a final sentence with no room for further appeals with the sentence to begin immediately.

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