ECOWAS mediation fails

ECOWAS fails to arrange power transfer in Gambia – President-elect Barrow

Representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have failed to convince Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to give up power following his defeat in the December 1 election, president-elect Adama Barrow said.

A statement from Barrow's office late on Friday said Jammeh's meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ghana's former president John Dramani Mahama was "unproductive."
Barrow's spokesman Halifa Sallah said ECOWAS would nevertheless continue its mediation efforts.
The ECOWAS mediators also met Barrow on Friday. The president-elect was due to attend a Franco-African summit in the Malian capital Bamako, which will attempt to resolve the crisis on Saturday. Jammeh is not due to attend.
Gambia has been in a political deadlock since Barrow, a real estate mogul who was little known before he announced his candidacy, defeated Jammeh in the election.
Jammeh, who has ruled the small West African nation for 22 years with an iron fist, refuses to accept the election result and has filed a petition to challenge it at the Supreme Court.
Buhari is expected to offer Jammeh political asylum if the 51-year-old autocrat agrees to hand over power.
The talks with ECOWAS came several hours after Gambia's ruling party filed a motion with the Supreme Court to prevent Barrow from being sworn into office on January 19.
ECOWAS earlier pledged to send troops to ensure a peaceful transition of power in Gambia if Jammeh persists in his refusal to step down.

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