Vote count starts in The Gambia presidential election

Vote count starts in The Gambia presidential election

Polls have closed in The Gambia after citizens cast their vote for president in a tightly fought race seen as a test of democratic progress. Saturday's vote was the West African country's first democratic election since former president Yahya Jammeh ...
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