Thousands of Britons to be flown out of The Gambia

State of emergency declared after President Yahya Jammeh refuses to stand aside after losing election

Incumbent Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listens to one of his aides in Banjul on November 29, 2016, during the closing rally of the electoral campaign of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorienta
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listens to one of his aides during a rally in November
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Thousands of UK holidaymakers are to be flown home from The Gambia after the UK Foreign Office advised against "all but essential travel" to the west African country.

Several major travel agents, including Thomas Cook, are laying on additional flights for tourists currently in the country. According to The Independent, "it is likely that around 5,000 British people are on holiday there right now".

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