Gambians Pour Into Streets to Celebrate Adama Barrow's Election Victory

Scenes of jubilation were seen across Gambia on Friday, December 2, as results of the previous day’s election rolled in revealing a surprise defeat of the country’s 22-year president Yahya Jammeh.

Jammeh conceded defeat to his opposition coalition candidate Adama Barrow, an estate agent, who secured 45.5 percent of the vote, compared to his 36.7 percent.

Barrow previously lived in London working as a security guard at an Argos store, before returning to Gambia in 2006, according to the BBC. Credit: Fatoumata Hamilton via Storyful