One of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, Gambia’s mercurial and iron-fisted President Yahya Jammeh, was voted out in a stunning election loss more than 20 years after seizing power in a military coup, ballot results showed Friday. The outcome — and indications that Jammeh would accept the voters’ will — stood in sharp contrast to the numerous African nations where strongmen rulers have imposed changes that effectively guarantee their hold on power, sidelining the opposition.
   
 
News Alert Fri., Dec. 02, 2016 9:48 a.m.
  
 
Gambian president, who said he would rule for one billion years, is defeated
One of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, Gambia’s mercurial and iron-fisted President Yahya Jammeh, was voted out in a stunning election loss more than 20 years after seizing power in a military coup, ballot results showed Friday. The outcome — and indications that Jammeh would accept the voters’ will — stood in sharp contrast to the numerous African nations where strongmen rulers have imposed changes that effectively guarantee their hold on power, sidelining the opposition.
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