The Gambia’s opposition coalition has called on President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election.
Mr Jammeh initially accept the result but then reversed his decision and said he would annul the election.
His party says it would file a petition to the Supreme Court.
The UN and the African Union have called on Mr Jammeh to respect the election verdict.
Several West African leaders are to fly to The Gambia’s capital, Banjul on Tuesday to try and resolve the political crisis.
“I think he should step down now,” said Adama Barrow, who was declared the election winner.
“He has lost the election, we don’t want to waste time, we want this country to start moving,” he told the AFP news agency.
President Jammeh went on national TV over the weekend to announce his “total rejection of the election result… thereby annulling the election”.
He said “we will go back to the polls because I want to make sure every Gambian has voted”.
He said he was preparing a petition “against the flawed decision of the Independent Elections Commission”.
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