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Gambia’s President-elect says loser Jammeh cannot reject poll outcome

Incumbent Gambian president Yahya Jammeh (Centre) at a polling station during the in a presidential poll, in Banjul on December 1. Official election results from the electoral commission gave Adama Barrow 45.5 per cent of the vote against Jammeh’s 36.7 per cent. (PHOTO: AFP)

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject results of December 1 polls, while the United Nations and African Union piled pressure on Jammeh to step aside.

Long-ruling Jammeh on Friday called for another election in the West African country after narrowly losing to opposition leader Adama Barrow, jeopardising what was expected to be Gambia’s first democratic transition of power in over 50 years. He had conceded defeat publicly last week.

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