West African leaders arrive in Gambia as Jammeh holds his ground
Two West African leaders arrived in Gambia to persuade former President Yahya Jammeh to step down after a midday deadline set by a regional military force passed. Guinean President Alpha Condé and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Friday, Mauritania’s state-owned news agency, AMI, reported. They’re leading negotiations to convince Jammeh to vacate his office before West African troops resume their offensive to install the elected President Adama Barrow. The 7,000-member intervention force established by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) gave Jammeh until noon on Friday to quit. It crossed into Gambia on Thursday after Barrow took his oath of office in neighbouring Senegal and the UN Security Council adopted a resolution giving "full support" to Ecowas to enforce the outcome of last month’s elections, when Barrow’s victory ended Jammeh’s two-decade rule. "We are still awaiting Ecowas’s order," Senegalese army...
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