Dog bites Gambia’s President-elect, Barrow’s son to death

Ghana’s former President, John Mahama, Liberian leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Buhari have spent the last month attempting to cajole Jammeh into ceding the presidency.

Jammeh, who has ruled the tiny West African country for 22 years, was declared the loser in Gambia’s December 1 election.

Barrow’s spokesperson Mai Fatty insisted Sunday that his inauguration would go ahead as planned in three days, despite the injunction.

The president-elects’s media team confirmed the news to local Gambian news portal Freedom Newspaper on Monday. It is remains unclear whether Jammeh will try other means to prevent this. Their biggest achievement was to move Adama Barrow out of the country and out harms way.

But the West African regional bloc also has a military force on standby to intervene if Jammeh does not step down.

But a week later, Mr. Jammeh shocked the world when he rejected the results on national television citing irregularities and ordering a rerun of the polls. The Supreme Court of The Gambia postponed the hearing due to its lack of judges.

He called on Mr Jammeh to “respect the constitution” and engage in direct talks.

After initially accepting Barrow’s victory, Jammeh later performed a U-turn and has filed a Supreme Court appeal against the election result.

“Until such time that the Supreme Court has made a decision on this, the status quo can not change…”

African Union says it will not recognise Yahya Jammeh’s presidency unless he steps aside when his mandate expires.

He argued that all the parties “should await the outcome of the Supreme Court which is the only legal entity” that can solve the impasse.

The African Union said Friday that as of January 19, it will cease to recognize Jammeh as president.

Another said she was going “because things are not safe”.

The chief justice said the court would be adjourned until the next regular session in either May or November, but added that the petitions could be heard if the judges arrived sooner.