Gambians flee ahead of Barrow ”inauguration”

A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they don’t know what is going to happen, he said. The Gambia’s Chief Justice has declined to rule on an application […]

A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”.
“People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they don’t know what is going to happen, he said. The Gambia’s Chief Justice has declined to rule on an application by President Yahya Jammeh to ban the inauguration of Adama Barrow as his successor.
Mr Barrow won the election and an inauguration is planned for Thursday.
But Mr Jammeh rejected the result and is refusing to step down until the Supreme Court hears his challenge, in May.
His legal team had asked for an injunction to block Mr Barrow’s inauguration.