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– One year after Jammeh: Is Adama Barrow's government keeping its promises? (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 1, 2017

Vivian Affoah, a senior progamme officer with the Media Foundation for West Africa, has been based in The Gambia since June 2017. On the first anniversary of the election that overthrew the Jammeh regime, she offers an assessment of how media freedom is faring under the new government, and shares what she'd like to see happen in 2018.
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