Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to leave power after he lost a Dec. 1 election to President-elect Adama Barrow.The comments broadcast on state television were a hardening of the veteran president’s position after days in which hopes rose he would hand over power at the end of his mandate on Jan. 18, when Barrow is due to be inaugurated. (Reuters)
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