The 5pm (Nigerian time) deadline for Yahya Jammeh to make up his mind over his future has passed. It was pushed back from a noon deadline earlier in the day.
Reports say Mr Jammeh’s former vice-president, Isatou Njie-Saidy, is at State House as last chance negotiations there continue.
The Mauritanian and Guinean presidents are there trying to persuade Mr Jammeh to leave the country with them.
Gambian journalist Saikou Jammeh says the longtime leader has his own ideas and is likely to make a public statement.
