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So when the election came around on December 1st, observers expected more of the same: Jammeh winning by a landslide through a dubious count.
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Gambia is a former British colony ruled by the same regime since President Yayha Jammeh seized power in a 1994 coup.
Bauma urged Kabila to show the same respect for DRC's constitution that Jammeh has for the Gambia's.
Last week Gambian president Yahya Jammeh declared: "We will fight these vermins called homosexuals or gays the same way we are fighting malaria-causing mosquitoes, if not more aggressively".
Jow fled the country for the US before Jammeh's first official election in 1996.
But this is how the mercurial Jammeh operates.
"They said in fact we should not go to the court," Jammeh said.
In a surprising turn of events, Barrow was declared the winner of the December 1 election, taking about 46 percent of the vote; Jammeh came in second, with about 37 percent.
The Economic Community of West African States bloc has put troops on standby ahead of Jan . 19 the day Jammeh's mandate expires, and Nigeria has reportedly deployed a warship to Gambia's coast to put pressure on Jammeh.
Although many Gambians speak of their country as "the New Gambia", Jammeh is still in charge until the handover.
Barrow told the Guardian that Jammeh had called him to concede defeat with the words: "Congratulations.
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