The United Nations Security Council on Saturday condemned Gambia President Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of election results announced last week.

Jammeh on Friday who spoke with the country’s state TV, demanded for fresh elections.

“(Security Council members) called on him to respect the choice of the sovereign People of The Gambia, as he did on 2 December 2016, and to transfer, without condition and undue delay, power to the President-elect, Mr. Adama Barrow,” it said in a statement.

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