Gambians vote in first presidential election since dictatorship
An polling staff member seals an election barrel before polling stations open to vote for Gambia’s next president on December 4, 2021. GUY PETERSON | AFP
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The voting will be closely watched as a test of the democratic transition in The Gambia, where Jammeh ruled for 22 years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994.
