A billboard calling for the inauguration of Adam Barrow as president in Feb. 18 is set on the side of a road in Serrukunda, Gambia, Friday Jan. 27, 2017
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Gambian President Adama Barrow on Tuesday pledged to boost power supplies by next month after violent protests over blackouts that have dogged the west African country since June
A billboard calling for the inauguration of Adam Barrow as president in Feb. 18 is set on the side of a road in Serrukunda, Gambia, Friday Jan. 27, 2017
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Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP
By Africanews
with AFP

Barrow pledges new power infrastructure, including a 24-megawatt plant, to tackle the worsening electricity crisis.

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