President Adama Barrow returned home to Banjul, Gambia on Thursday, to the warm welcome of a jubilant crowd of Gambians and foreign diplomats in the country.
Barrow who was elected almost on 1 December was forced to flee to Senegal when his predecessor refused to step aside.
Dressed in flowing white robes and cap, Barrow stepped off the plane, with heavily-armed troops from Senegal and Nigeria standing by as he flew in from Dakar where he had taken shelter on January 15.