Gambians Heading To Poll To Elect New President

Gambians are currently heading to the polls in the first presidential election since former dictator YAHYA JAMMEH fled into exile.

The voting is closely watch as a test of the democratic transition in the country, where JAMMEH ruled for 22 years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994.

The ex-autocrat was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea in January 2017 after ADAMA BARROW, defeated him at the ballot box. A 56-year-old President BARROW is now running for re-election, and faces five other candidates.