{"id":44934,"date":"2026-09-08T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44934"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:47:21","slug":"gambia-protesters-burn-tyres-to-denounce-power-cuts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/gambia-protesters-burn-tyres-to-denounce-power-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia protesters burn tyres to denounce power cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Police used \u200btear gas to disperse protesters who gathered overnight in multiple locations in Gambia, \u200cincluding near President Adama Barrow&#8217;s official residence, to denounce what they described as prolonged power cuts, residents and a\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i>\u00a0witness said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In and around the capital Banjul, protesters burned tyres in the street \u200band erected barricades, shouting &#8220;Barrow must go!&#8221; as plumes of smoke filled the air, \u200bthe\u00a0<em><span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">Reuters<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>witness said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The West African nation&#8217;s electricity issues, with some residents \u2060reporting blackouts lasting up to 48 hours, come ahead of a presidential election expected \u200bin December in which Barrow is seeking a third term.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a sign of growing frustration \u200bwith the government, protesters in the town of Farato gathered outside the residence of Vice President Mohammed B.S. Jallow and destroyed banners at an office of the ruling National People&#8217;s Party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Police Spokesperson did \u200bnot respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Barrow was scheduled to visit facilities \u200bfor the national utility, National Water and Electricity Company, on Tuesday morning and address the nation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44935,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44934","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Police used \u200btear gas to disperse protesters in Gambia","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44936,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44934\/revisions\/44936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}