[Mhiz Rebecca]

President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-
day state of emergency in The Gambia just one
day before he is expected to hand over power
to President-elect, Adama Barrow.
Jammeh lost the Presidential elections of
December 2016 and despite conceding defeat
initially, he made a turnaround and said the
elections were fraught with irregularities.
Talks with an ECOWAS delegation have
achieved nothing, with Jammeh insisting he
would stay in power past January 19.
He cited foreign interference in his televised
declaration of the emergency and warned
against “any acts of disobedience to the laws
The Gambia, incitement of violence and acts
intended to disturb public order and peace”