West African leaders gives Yahya Jammeh final opportunity to relinquish power

  

  West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia.
   Jammeh has been given until noon today to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces.
Troops have been told to halt their advance until the deadline passes.
   The Economic Community of West African States, Ecowas, is acting in support of Adama Barrow, who was sworn in as the new Gambian president yesterday, whose legitimacy as president, after winning last month's election, has been recognised internationally.
   In his inaugural speech at the Gambian embassy in Senegal's capital, Dakar, President Barrow ordered all members of The Gambia's armed forces to remain in their barracks, adding that anyone found illegally bearing arms would be considered as rebels.