Lines of voters snaked around corners outside polling stations in Gambia s capital Saturday as the nation holds a presidential election that for the first time in decades does not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh as a candidate.
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lines of voters snaked around corners outside polling stations in Gambia’s capital Saturday as the nation holds a presidential election that for the first time in
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In a center in the Gambia’s capital, Banjul, Mariama Marong Baldeh lifts an old photograph of herself and her deceased husband, a Gambian soldier, recalling a happy memory.
The photo was taken before the 1994 execution of her husband, Basiru Barrow. He had been accused of taking part in a mutiny against a military junta led by former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh.
Years on, Mariama is still waiting for justice.
A presidential election was taking place in the small west African nation yesterday over which the legacy of Jammeh still casts a shadow.
Jammeh seized power in 1994 and for 22 years he