Gambia's Yahya Jammeh declares state of emergency

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has declared a state of emergency, just a day before he is supposed to cede power after losing elections last month.
  
In a National TV address yesterday President Jammeh said the measure has become necessary due to what he described as the extraordinary amount of foreign interference in the December 1 presidential vote, which he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow.
 
Mr Jammeh said the state of emergency, which is supposed to last 90 days, bans acts of disobedience and acts intended to disturb the public order.  

SOURCE: BBC NEWS