Sirleaf is the current chair of the Economic Community of West African States, which is considering plans to force Jammeh to stand down. “The only peaceful resolution of this impasse is through the courts,” Jammeh told Sirleaf in the conversation. Sirleaf responded that it’s a good idea if Jammeh puts his request in a written statement in which he pledges to follow the constitution. The Supreme Court said it may be able to hear cases in May after a meeting earlier this month was canceled because there weren’t enough judges. Gambia’s Bar Association last month urged the chief justice, a Nigerian national, to resign because he wasn’t independent.

Source: GNN Liberia January 16, 2017 14:25 UTC