West Africa’s leaders are in last-ditch talks with Jammeh to bring peaceful change in Gambia

West Africa’s leaders are in last-ditch talks with Jammeh to bring peaceful change in Gambia

The Gambia’s embattled president Yahya Jammeh has been given a final chance to step down from office peacefully, after staying beyond a previous deadline over the last 24 hours. After 22 years in power, Jammeh has so far refused to cede power to Adama Barrow, winner of the Dec. 1 elections. Barrow was inaugurated as…