[wanabidii] The Gambia: Vote day communication blackout is 'deliberate' (M&G Africa)

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The Gambia: Vote day communication blackout is 'deliberate'   EU observers were barred and activists accused President Yahya Jammeh Jammeh of trying to 'control any sort of information sharing'.

Gambians head to the polls amid internet blackout   The opposition relies on messaging applications and texts to organise mobile rallies that have seen roads blocked repeatedly over the last week.

Morocco accuses African Union chief of obstructing readmission   There was no immediate comment from the African organisation on the Moroccan statement.

​The Gambia's Jammeh unlikely to be unseated at the polls tomorrow   Any longer-term threat to President Yahya Jammeh - though immediately improbable - is likely to come from within the ruling elite.

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