AN UPHILL TASK

The Gambia: Adama Barrow

Adama Barrow astonished the world by unseating long-time autocrat Yahya Jammeh, but now faces an unenviable task of rebuilding a country left in ruin

An uphill task

Barrow is faced with a task of righting the country’s brutal political past under his predecessor. It is a process he started slowly, and after three months in office his public ratings were low, especially on social media (Photo Credit: MSJoof/TNBES/Feb 2017)

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Gambia's Group of Six

These half-dozen opposition parties refuse to participate in another sham election.

Gambia opposition party leaders: L-R: Omar Jallow, Peoples Progressive Party; Henry Gomez, Gambia Party for Democracy and Development; Hamat Bah, National Reconciliation Party; Halifa Sllah, Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, Ousainou Darboe, United Democratic Party; and Mai Ahmed Fatty, Gambia Moral Congress (Photo Credit: The Daily News)