Gambia president-elect demands Jammeh step down 'now'

Jammeh's swift concession of defeat had initially stunned observers and led to celebrations across the country.

But Jammeh's party complicated what was expected to be a peaceful handover when it announced Saturday that a legal complaint would be filed with the Supreme Court challenging the December 1 election result, as well as calling for new polls.

Outgoing Ghanaian President John Mahama is also expected to join the group on Tuesday, a regional example of a leader who just lost his own election but is nonetheless expected to hand power over without issue.

The delegation and international support "(is) giving us confidence and it will give confidence to every Gambian that the world is concerned about Gambia," Barrow said.

The president-elect said that Jammeh's legal complaint over a vote recount was baseless and that he had no power to appoint to the Supreme Court new judges who would be necessary to hear the case. The court has sat dormant for more than a year.

"We don't have time to fight again. The Supreme Court wasn't existing for the last one year. There are a pile of cases that are waiting... but he doesn't care about it," Barrow told AFP.

A readjustment of the votes counted in the election was made on Monday, reducing numbers of ballots for all three candidates but ultimately confirming Barrow's victory.

In his speech on Friday, Jammeh said he would now "reject the results in totality", and called for new elections.

Jammeh has led the tiny sliver of a nation of just under two million people for 22 years since taking power in a coup.