How Gambia's Yahya Jammeh lost his grip on power

[soleiltropiques]

OP: This is really good news for the people of Gambia. As one of the articles below states: “For 22 years, Gambians have lived under the threat of imprisonment or even death if they spoke out against Mr. Jammeh’s strange and violent government".

How Gambia's Yahya Jammeh lost his grip on power

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[amw]

This was terrific news to get over the weekend. Along with the triumph over xenophobes in Austria, it restored my faith that at least not the whole world is collectively circling the drain in 2016.

[amw]

Well that didn't last :(

[hobbits_friend]

Yes, it was too good to be true :(

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/10/the-gambia-troops-deployed-to-streets-as-president-rejects-election-defeat

[soleiltropiques]

Oh no.

Thanks for posting the update. This is terrible.