The turn out for National Assembly poll is lower than than that for the presidential election.

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Nine political parties have fielded a record number of 239 registered candidates campaigning for 48 seats.

Gambia has more than 800 000 registered voters.

Five MPs will be appointed by President Adama Barrow to make up the 53-seat parliament.

The election is the  first major political challenge to Barrow who needs a  majority in the National Assembly to conduct host of legal and constitutional reforms.

He’s leading a coalition of seven parties.

The election’s  being monitored by dozens observers from the African Union, European Union and officials of the regional economic bloc, ECOWAS.

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He has used racist terms to belittle Africans and just last October he referred to Africa as that country.

Boris Johnson is visiting Gambia which made recent headlines when President Yayha Jammeh tried to cling to power have lost an election won by President Adama Barrow.

Johnson says he’s delighted to be the first British foreign secretary to visit Gambia since its independence 51 years ago.

He’ll tell President Barrow, a former supermarket security guard in Britain, that  Gambia will soon be able to rejoin the Commonwealth.

From Gambia, Johnson will move to Ghana for talks with President Nana Akufo Addo.

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Barrow’s aides say he’ll would arrive in Banjul today from neighbouring Senegal, where he was sworn in at an impromptu ceremony at the Gambian embassy a week ago.

Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow, a property developer who lacks political experience, has to allay fears that his administration has got off to a shaky start amid concerns that his delayed return was causing a power vacuum.

There has been criticism over his vice-presidential nominee, and he has yet to appoint a cabinet.

Barrow’s nomination of Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang as his deputy prompted criticism.

She  is allegedly two years over the constitutional age limit of 65.

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This means he arrive back in Gambia week after being inaugurated at his country’s embassy in Senegal, where he had been sheltering for his safety.

Adama Barrow will have to hit the ground running as Gambia’s new president.

He has a raft of reforms to pass after 22 years of cruel and repressive government by Yayha Jammeh who flew into exile at the weekend.

Barrow has to find how Jammeh managed to loot $11 million from the state coffers before leaving the country.

Most importantly he has to attract tourists back to his country’s sunny beaches.

They left last week when regional military action to remove Jammeh appeared likely.

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Sheriff Bojang has urged colleagues to allow him out of the Cabinet room.

Gambian information minister Sheriff Bojang says efforts to contest the election results are an attempt to subvert the express will of the Gambian people.

Bojang grabbed news headlines last October when he announced Gambia was quitting the International Criminal Court.

A trio of West African leaders, including Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari, will travel to the country tomorrow in a second bid to convince President Yayha Jammeh to accept defeat and allow election winner Adama Barrow take power.

The Economic Community of West African States has placed forces on standby in case  Jammeh does not step down

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President Jammeh initially accepted defeat, but then changed his mind and is now refusing to step down.

Gambian security forces took over the headquarters of the electoral commission shortly President Yayha Jammeh’s about turn.

Alieu Momar Njai’s son won’t confirm his father has left the country.

He says he hopes and prays his father is in safe hands.

Jammeh, who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years, has begun a crackdown to back his decision to deny property developer Adama Barrow the victory he achieved on December 1.

Three private radio stations have been taken off air since Sunday.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas, which has been leading diplomatic efforts to move Jammeh, has threatened sanctions and military action if he does not step down.

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Their summit  determined to  take all necessary actions to uphold the result of a Dec. 1 election in Gambia, President Yahya Jammeh lost.

The ECOWAS summit in Abuja says the regional grouping will guarantee the safety of president-elect Adama Barrow.

His surprise victory and Jammeh’s initial decision to step down was seen across Africa as a moment of hope.

Jammeh was widely condemned for announcing  a week later  that he would reverse that position and called for a fresh vote.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s been appointed to mediate a regional effort to ensure the will of the Gambian people is upheld.

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The victory by Nana Akufo-Addo’s centre New Patriotic party, after eight years of rule by the left-leaning National Democratic Congress, triggered wild celebrations across much of the country.

Akufo Addo thanked the incumbent  John Dramani Mahama for conceding defeat and for his  work for Ghana

His win follows the surprise electoral defeat last week of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, who had spent 23 years in office after seizing power in a coup.

The two results point to west Africa’s improving record for smooth democratic transitions after recent transfers of power in Nigeria, Cape Verde and Benin. However, Jammeh has  backtracked on his concession.

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18 of his colleagues were released with him.

Officially Ousainou Darboe is on bail pending the appeal against his three-year prison term for mounting a peaceful protest. So he might still have to appear in court.

It’s considered unlikely the case will be pursued as the Gambia undergoes a political sea change.

Yayha Jammeh used his presidential powers to keep opponents  behind bars.

President Elect Adama Barrow is unlikely to follow suit. Darboe is one of the political mentors of the property developer who scored a surprise victory in last week’s presidential poll.

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