{"id":31846,"date":"2017-01-16T03:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T03:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gambia-president-elect-barrow-to-stay-in-senegal\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T03:03:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T03:03:02","slug":"gambia-president-elect-barrow-to-stay-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gambia-president-elect-barrow-to-stay-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia President-elect Barrow &#8216;to stay in Senegal until inauguration&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The Gambia&#8217;s President-elect Adama Barrow is to remain in Senegal until his planned inauguration on Thursday, state media in Senegal say.}<\/p>\n<p>The move was requested by West African leaders after a summit in Mali, Senegalese news agency APS said.<\/p>\n<p>President Yahya Jammeh is currently refusing to step down until the supreme court can hear his challenge in May.<\/p>\n<p>Regional bloc Ecowas wants the UN to approve military action if Mr Barrow&#8217;s inauguration is blocked.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday leaders repeated their calls for Mr Jammeh &#8211; who initially accepted the result &#8211; to go voluntarily at an Africa-France summit in Bamako.<\/p>\n<p>Mali&#8217;s president Ibrahim Keita called for &#8220;proverbial African wisdom&#8221; to prevail to avert a bloodbath and there are growing fears that the uncertainty could cause a refugee exodus.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Gambians, mostly women and children, have already crossed the border into neighbouring Senegal and further afield to Guinea-Bissau, where they do not require a visa, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Barrow, who beat Mr Jammeh in last month&#8217;s election, was at the Bamako summit and was referred to as the president.<\/p>\n<p>Last week Nigeria&#8217;s president flew to the Gambian capital Banjul to try to broker a deal but Mr Jammeh would not relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jammeh&#8217;s attempt to overturn the election result has been delayed because of a shortage of judges but his legal team has asked for an injunction to block Mr Barrow&#8217;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union has said it will no longer recognise Mr Jammeh&#8217;s rule after his term ends.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old leader seized power in the country in 1994 and has been accused of human rights abuses, although he has held regular elections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17635 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_93575912_mediaitem93575305.jpg\" alt=\"Adama Barrow (pictured) beat Yahya Jammeh in last month&#039;s election\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Gambia&#8217;s President-elect Adama Barrow is to remain in Senegal until his planned inauguration on Thursday, state media in Senegal say.} The move was requested by West African leaders after a summit in Mali, Senegalese news agency APS said. 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