Hope for change in Gambia remains two months after election
(World News Austria)

With a new president in place, journalists in Gambia appear to be facing a brighter future after more than two decades of severe pressure. In December, the small west African country saw the latest major upheaval in its brief but tumultuous political history when Adama Barrow scored a surprise upset in Gambia`s Dec. 1 presidential election, defeating then-President Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh reneged on an initial concession of defeat, claiming there were `unacceptable mistakes` in the vote counts, but ultimately stepped down and left Gambia for exile in the face of the threat of intervention by a coalition force assembled by Gambia`s neighbours. Barrow, who was sworn in as Gambia`s president...