Gambia elections
200 Senegalese soldiers contract virus: official
The Senegalese troops were part of a West African force first deployed in January 2017. They were there to assure a smooth transition of power after outgoing...
Jammeh fled the next month into self-imposed exile after his attempts to hold on to power brought intervention from neighboring countries.
The International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank are also due to hold meetings with Gambian authorities in the coming weeks.
Barrow won a 1 December election but Jammeh, who had ruled since seizing power in a coup in 1994, refused to step down.
The former Gambian president went into exile in Equatorial Guinea on Saturday after ruling the Gambia for 22 years.
Countries in the region launched a military operation on Thursday to oust former President Yahya Jammeh.
Adama Barrow, who beat Jammeh in an election last month, is adamant he’ll be sworn in as scheduled, as Gambia’s new president.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz left Gambia shortly before midnight.
Jammeh said he would not step down, citing irregularities in the vote. His mandate ends at midnight.
Gambian election winner Adama Barrow says he'll stay in neighbouring Senegal until his inauguration.
Legal sources said the foreign judges named to the court have not yet arrived in the West African country.
Sheriff Bojang made headlines in October by announcing that Gambia intended to leave the International Criminal Court.
Jammeh initially accepted defeat but a week later reversed that decision and said he would not relinquish power.
The comments on state television late on Tuesday were a hardening of the veteran president's position.
ECOWAS leaders said that they would attend the 18 January inauguration of Adama Barrow, who must be sworn in.
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's ruling party challenged his defeat in a 1 December election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Ousainou Darboe is on bail pending the appeal against his three-year prison term for mounting a peaceful protest.
Gambia lacks a formal timetable for the handover of power and Jammeh has not been seen publicly.
Close to 1.8 million people will make their mark today as they vote for a president.