The breaking news reaching Dailytimes now reveals that the outgoing president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has agreed to step down, after refusing to step down following his defeat in a December 9, 2016 election.
Jammeh, who lost Gambia’s presidential election to Adama Barrow, initially accepted defeat and congratulated his opponents, but changed his mind and decided to challenge the outcome of the election.
Attempts by ECOWAS leaders to make him step down was met with stiff resistance.
In a last-minute effort to convince him to cede power, Presidents of Liberia and Guinea went to Banjul on Friday.
Military forces from Senegal had earlier crossed into Gambia in an attempt to oust Jammeh.
President Barrow was sworn into office in the Gambia high commission in Dakar, Senegal, on Thursday. He fled to Dakar on Saturday for security reasons.
Details later.
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