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Gambia Arrests 137 in Protests Urging President to Step Down

Associated Press

   DAKAR - Gambia's police have arrested 137 people amid protests calling
   for the president to step down after three years in power, the
   government said Monday, a startling turn for a country whose leader has
   vowed reforms and justice for the repression of the past.

   Security forces used tear gas Sunday to break up the thousands of
   demonstrators, worrying many Gambians who lived under the oppressive
   rule of former President Yahya Jammeh for more than 22 years. Jammeh
   flew into exile in 2017 after an election loss to Adama Barrow.

   At least 18 paramilitary members and seven civilians were injured in
   Sunday's confrontation, the government said.

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