CREDIT : BBC
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to pace downward despite the threat of state of war machine intervention yesteryear neighbouring states.
Adama Barrow, who compaction him inward elections final month, is due to live inaugurated every bit the novel president on Thursday, only Mr Jammeh has ignored the deadline.
West African state of war machine forces are ready to enforce a transfer of power.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz failed to intermission the deadlock at last-minute talks amongst Mr Jammeh.
Mr Abdel Aziz flew inward to the Gambian upper-case alphabetic lineament Banjul on Midweek eventide to come across Mr Jammeh earlier flying on to Dakar airdrome for farther discussions amongst Mr Barrow as well as Senegal's President Macky Sall.
"I am straightaway less pessimistic [that Mr Jammeh] volition give a peaceful solution that is inward the best involvement for everyone," Mr Abdel Aziz said.
Image copyrightNAFImage captionNigeria has sent an air forcefulness unit of measurement to Senegal to dorsum a potential state of war machine intervention Senegalese troops remain stationed at the Gambian border, despite the deadline for Mr Jammeh to stand upwardly downward passing at midnight.
The threat of state of war machine activity is supported yesteryear Nigeria as well as other states inward the region.
However Gambian Earth forces main Ousman Badjie said his troops would non struggle Senegalese forces should they motility into into the country, AFP word means reports.
"We are non going to involve ourselves militarily, this is a political dispute," he said. "I am non going to involve my soldiers inward a stupid fight. I beloved my men."
Mr Jammeh has ruled The The Gambia since taking ability inward a coup inward 1994.
Midweek was meant to live his final twenty-four hours inward component only parliament granted him iii to a greater extent than months inward the post.
At to the lowest degree 26,000 Gambians, fearful that violence could erupt, sought refuge inward Senegal this week.
Mr Jammeh initially accepted that Mr Barrow had won the election only afterward reversed his seat as well as said he would non pace down.
He declared a 90-day province of emergency calling for "peace, police as well as order" after what he said were irregularities inward the election process.
He said that along amongst errors made yesteryear the electoral commission, roughly of his supporters were turned away from polling stations.
The committee afterward accepted that roughly of the results it initially published contained errors, only said they would non receive got affected Mr Barrow's win.
Mr Jammeh has said he volition rest inward component until novel elections are held.
Retaining ability would likewise ensure he was non prosecuted inward The The Gambia for alleged abuses committed during his rule.
Why is Senegal taking the lead?
Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, mandated Senegal because it almost surrounds The Gambia.
Col Abdou Ndiaye, a spokesman for the Senegalese military, said Ecowas had decided on the deadline to attempt to attain a diplomatic solution.
"Things are getting into house as well as Ecowas forces are ready to intervene if needed after midnight if nosotros can't notice a diplomatic solution to the Gambian crisis," he said.
The Ecowas forcefulness is seeking United Nations Security Council endorsement to role "all necessary measures" to assist take away Mr Jammeh.
The Gambia's entire armed forces are made upwardly of entirely nigh 2,500 troops, making it hard to catch how they tin give the axe defeat a regional forcefulness if it moves in, says BBC Africa Monitoring safety correspondent Tomi Oladipo.
Nigeria says it sent fighters as well as other aircraft, along amongst 200 personnel, to Senegal on Midweek morning.
Nigerian navy vessels are likewise on standby as well as a warship that sailed from Lagos on Tuesday volition receive got the business of evacuating Nigerian citizens spell putting on a demo of force.
Ground troops are likewise beingness provided yesteryear Ghana.
