Free speech: Is Gambia sliding back into dictatorship?
By DW
12 October 2023 |
4:21 am
The election of President Adama Barrow was a win for democracy in Gambia. However, the arrest of journalists and government critics has raised concerns the West African nation could become a dictatorship once more.
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