President Jammeh on Friday took the third oath of Office against a clear blue sky. Thousands of spectators  from all parts of the African continent crowded at the Independence Stadium in Bakau to witness the second-to-none swearing-in ceremony administered by the Chief Justice of The Gambia, Abdou Karim Savage. The President was being sworn-in for his third term in office following his landslide victory at the September 22 Presidential polls.

In attendance were General Chief Olesugun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Girma Wolde-Giorgis of Ethiopia, President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, President Ould Mohammed Vall of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Su Tseng-Chang, Prime Minister of Taiwan, The Prime Minster of the Kingdom of Morocco, Driss Jetto, Vice President of the sister Republic of Sierra Leone Solomon Berewa,  Vice President of the Republic of Liberia Joseph Boukai, The Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, representatives of the Republic of Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakary, Egypt, South Africa, Lebanon, Tunisia, Tunisia, France, Kingdom of Malaysia, Kingdom of South Korea, Brazil, Japan, Democratic Republic of Algeria, Indonesia, Cuba, the Russian Federation, India, Turkey, the State of Qatar, and other representatives of international organisations.