'You're not alone in the darkness': Gambia president urges calm after violent blackout protests
The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has urged citizens to remain calm over prolonged power cuts, saying the country is not alone in facing an electricity crisis that has affected several parts of West Africa."When you lie down in the heat and the dark, believe that you are not alone in that darkness," Barrow said, pledging to boost power supplies by next month.
The president admitted there had been shortcomings in the government's planning, power generation and maintenance systems, calling the resulting outages "a national security issue" and an "emergency".
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