Gambia's main opposition challenges presidential election results

Gambia's main opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP), has filed a petition challenging the outcome of the 4 December presidential election. It had rejected the election results even before the electoral body announced the winner.

Borry S. Touray, the party's legal representative, told reporters that they had petitioned the courts to nullify the results of the election, won by incumbent Adama Barrow.<