Adams Barrow Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/adams-barrow/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Adams Barrow Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/adams-barrow/ 32 32 Gambians use marbles to vote https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/gambians-use-marbles-vote/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/gambians-use-marbles-vote/ Gambian authorities have turned off the country’s internet and international telephone connections while the people vote for a president. Yahya Jammeh, who’s been at the helm since seizing power in  a coup 22 years ago, is seeking a fifth term. He wanted against staging protests on polling day. A group of opposition politicians in this […]

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]]> Gambian authorities have turned off the country’s internet and international telephone connections while the people vote for a president.

Yahya Jammeh, who’s been at the helm since seizing power in  a coup 22 years ago, is seeking a fifth term. He wanted against staging protests on polling day.

A group of opposition politicians in this tiny West African state entirely surrounded by Senegal has been jailed since holding  a protest last April.

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh maintains he’s pulled he’s compatriots up from the stone age and divine intervention will keep him keep power.

He’s facing unprecedented opposition from estate agent Adams Barrow.

Many voters in Gambia are illiterate. They don’t vote with ballot powers. They put a marble in a coloured drum.

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