The Senegalese and ECOWAS forces temporarily halt military operations in the Gambia to force the ex-president Yahya Jammeh to hand over power by force. Instead, he will be given a last ditch chance to peacefully hand over power to the newly sworn in President, H.E Adama Barrow who is now recognized world wide as the legitimate president of The Republic of The Gambia.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday expressing “full support” to Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow and calling on ex-president Yahya Jammeh to step down, condemning “in the strongest terms possible” his attempts to stay in power.
Talks will be spearheaded by Guinean president Alpha Condé in Banjul on Friday morning, said Marcel Alain de Souza, head of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.
“If, at 12 o’clock, he does not make up his mind, we will bring him by force or by will. Our troops will advance on Banjul. Until the last minute, we still think there is a solution resulting from a dialogue,” said Marcel Alain de Souza, head of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. He added, “If by midday, he doesn’t agree to leave The Gambia under the banner of President Condé, we will really intervene militarily,”.
