Gambia’s Jammeh loses election after 22-year rule

Opposition candidate Adama Barrow has won the Gambian presidential polls with 263,515 votes, the electoral commission said on Friday.
The commission’s chair, Alieu Njie, said he was followed by President Yahya Jammeh with 212,009 votes,
Mama Kandeh came third with 102,969 votes.
“What we see in this result is a change of government.
“The incumbent will call the new president to congratulate and wish him well,” Njie said.
Jammeh has ruled the country for 22 years with an iron fist and he is widely accused of corruption and human rights abuses.
Meanwhile, Jammeh has conceded defeat to Barrow, an aide to the Information Minister tells media on condition of anonymity on Friday.