Gambia Row: Adama Barrow To Declare Himself President

The Gambia's President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the election result.

He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged Mr Jammeh to respect the will of the electorate.

The election commission declared Mr Barrow winner of the 1 December poll.

Mr Jammeh has launched court action to annul the result after initially accepting defeat. He even turned ing down African leaders who had flew to his country to ask him to obey the law by stepping down.