African Union will not recognize Gambia's Jammeh from Jan. 19

By Aaron Maasho and Lamine Jahateh ADDIS ABABA/BANJUL (Reuters) - The African Union will cease to recognize Yahya Jammeh as Gambia's president as of Jan. 19, the date he is due to hand power to the winner of the December election, the AU's Peace and Security Council said on Friday. Jammeh, whose authoritarian rule began with a 1994 coup, lost the Dec. 1 election to Adama Barrow by a slim margin. Whether Gambia can install Barrow as president is seen as a test for African democracy in a region ac