Seven journalists, who are in The Gambia to cover the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow, were on January 16, 2017, prevented from entering the country, according to media body Media Foundation for West Africa.
The MFWA’s sources say upon arriving at the Banjul International Airport, security officers briefly detained the journalists at the airport and later deported them to neighboring Senegal.
Four of the journalists were from the regional bureau of CCTV in Kenya, one photojournalist from AFP and two journalists from media organizations in Sweden.
The release further said the expulsion of the seven journalists brings to nine the number of foreign journalists deported from the country. On December 12, 2016, two journalists with Al Jazeera were prevented from covering post-election activities in The Gambia and were detained overnight and subsequently deported to Senegal.
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