There are indications that the political crisis in Gambia might continue as no agreement with Jammeh has been reached yet.
Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh
The deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to
quit or forced out by UN-backed forces has expired with no news.
The earlier deadline of noon passed as the Guinean and Mauritanian
presidents arrived in Banjul for last-ditch talks. There has been no
statement from them.
Mr Jammeh’s elected successor, Adama Barrow, was sworn in as
president at a ceremony in Senegal on Thursday. Troops acting in support
of President Barrow have paused their advance.
The forces from the Economic Community of West African States
(Ecowas) regional grouping are backed by the United Nations. They
crossed into The Gambia from Senegal on Thursday but have been told not
to advance further until the talks have finished. Mr Barrow’s legitimacy
as president has been recognised internationally, after he won last
month’s elections.
Mr Jammeh remains at the state house in The Gambia’s capital, where
soldiers are calm, the BBC reports. The head of the Gambian army, Gen
Ousman Badjie, said that he now recognises Mr Barrow as
commander-in-chief.
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde and Mauritanian President Mohamed
Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in Banjul on Friday morning for the talks with
Mr Jammeh. The chairman of the Ecowas commission, Marcel Alain de Souza,
said that if the meeting with Mr Conde proved unsuccessful, military
action would follow.
With talks still ongoing between Yahya Jammeh and the visiting
presidents of Guinea and Mauritania, I have been waiting at State House,
the seat of the presidency.
-NAN
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