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Gambia: What Barrow's Re-Election Means for the Gambia
The Conversation Africa, 9 December 2021
The Gambia's President Adama Barrow, of the National People's Party, comfortably won re-election on 4 December with about 53% of the vote. Read more »
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Gambia: Here Are 10 Major Issues That Influenced Gambia's Presidential Elections
Premium Times, 8 December 2021
In the Gambian media and among citizens, the MoU became a subject of controversies, prompting Mr Kandeh to declare that the agreement did not include Mr Jammeh's amnesty. Read more »
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Gambia: How 'Underestimated' Barrow Won Second Term in the Gambia
East African, 8 December 2021
An image of three opposition politicians together has become one of the most referenced among Gambians on social media since the December 4 presidential election in the West… Read more »
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Gambia: Losing Presidential Candidate Calls for Calm As Opposition Contests Election Result
RFI, 7 December 2021
The runner-up in Gambia's presidential election has called on his supporters to remain calm as he prepares to challenge the results of the weekend polls in court, if it is… Read more »
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Gambia: Police Fire Teargas At Opposition Protest
Premium Times, 6 December 2021
At about 7:20 p.m. local time, the officers fired teargas to disperse the massive crowd of supporters, leaving many scampering for safety. Read more »
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Gambia: The Gambia's 55-Year-Old Marbles Voting System Is Simple but Difficult to Cheat
The Conversation Africa, 7 December 2021
The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has been declared winner of the election held on 4 December. Barrow received around 53% of the vote cast while his closest rival at the polls,… Read more »
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Gambia: Massive Protest Rocks Gambia As Opposition Supporters Want Barrow to 'Step Down'
Premium Times, 6 December 2021
On Monday, a huge crowd of Mr Darboe's supporters besieged the Kairaba Avenue Street where he resides. Read more »
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Gambia: Gambians Vote for Stability
DW, 6 December 2021
Gambia has reelected President Adama Barrow by an unexpectedly wide margin, despite the incumbent's broken promises. In a vote conducted by marbles, the nation has passed the… Read more »
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Gambia: Barrow Declared Poll Winner, Opposition Candidates Join Forces to Reject Results
RFI, 5 December 2021
UPDATE 11PM: Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission declared incumbent President Adama Barrow the winner of the presidential election late Sunday evening with 53 percent of the… Read more »
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Gambia: #GambiaDecides - Obasanjo Monitors Vote Counting
Premium Times, 5 December 2021
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was on hand to monitor the counting of votes in the ongoing Gambia presidential elections on Saturday. Read more »
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Gambia: High Stakes in Polls As Six Candidates Vie for Presidency
RFI, 2 December 2021
The Gambia's presidency is up for grabs, with the youth vote playing a pivotal role in the 4 December vote - where former dictator Yahya Jammeh still has support, despite living in… Read more »
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Gambia: President Barrow's Candidacy in December 4 Election Splits Youth Vote
DW, 29 November 2021
As Gambians prepare to head to the polls, the youth are bitterly divided on whether President Adama Barrow should be running in the first place. Read more »
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Gambia: What's in Store for Gambians As They Gear Up for Hotly Contested Poll
The Conversation Africa, 30 November 2021
Gambians will shortly go to the polls to elect a new president in the country's ninth direct presidential election, of which only one has seen an opposition candidate defeat the… Read more »
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Gambia: Truth Commission Report Hangs On Election Result
JusticeInfo.net, 26 November 2021
After months of procrastination, Gambian President Adama Barrow received, on Thursday November 25, the final report of the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission… Read more »
Protests After Gambian President Barrow Wins Election
Opposition protests have followed the announcement by Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission that declared incumbent President Adama Barrow as the winner of the presidential election. Barrow took 53 percent of the vote. Earlier, three Gambia presidential candidates rejected the election results.
Barrow had said he would step down after three years and not run again, but his new NPP party said he was joining forces with former dictator Yahya Jammeh's Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party.
Former dictator Jammeh is not entirely out of the picture. Despite being in exile, he still retains significant political support among some Gambians, and his shadow could yet destabilise the country's democratic transition, writes Laura Angela Bagnetto for RFI.
InFocus
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In what is the maiden edition in the history of The Gambia, two presidential candidates faced off in a public debate on Read more »
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The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the National People's Party (NPP) to re-elect President Adama ... Read more »
Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of Gambia, addresses a high-level United Nations General Assembly plenary meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace in 2018.
