Africa: The Gambia After 27 Years Of Dictatorship, Counting Votes for Presidential Election Is Ongoing
A large crowd of voters in the Gambia mobilized on Saturday to elect their next president in an election considered a test of democratic transition as it was the first in 27 years that dictator Yahya Jammeh did not run as a candidate. Hundreds of people stood in long queues in which patients waited for their turn to vote at the more than 1,500 polling stations set up in the small West African country from 08:00 LT to 17:00 LT. More than 960,000 Gambians are called to the polls to vote through a particular system with marbles (each crystal ball is equivalent to one vote) and in a round to the president for the next five years. Taliban Supreme Leader Hebatullah Akhunzada Is Alive Or Dead? They will have to choose between six candidates of which three stand out: the current president Adama Barrow (56 years old), of the National People's Party (NPP); the historic opponent Ousainou Darboe (73 years old), from the United Democratic Party (UDP); and the candidate being backed by Jammeh, M...