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In the coastal Gambian town of Tanji, Sirah Darboe-Manneh cleans fish next to a row of ice boxes laying empty because of relentless power cuts. With limited supplies of ice, storing the daily catch has become almost impossible
GAMBIA · SOCIETY Key Facts —The emergency President Adama Barrow has declared The Gambia’s prolonged electricity crisis a national emergency and promised new generation capacity as protests over rolling blackouts intensify. —The blackouts Some communities have gone without power for up to 48 hours during the hot season. The state utility, the National Water and […] The post Gambia’s Barrow Declares Power Crisis a National Emergency After Blackout Protests appeared first on The Rio Times.
After months of electricity outages which have recently grown more severe, residents of The Gambia are becoming desperate. Thousands took to the streets on Monday in protest over the blackouts, burning tyres and chanting against the president.
Spanish migrant NGO says more than 80 people likely perished on the boat that left The Gambia 27 days ago.