00:00Gambia's president, Adama Barrow, called for calm on Tuesday after protests over the country's persistent power outages.
00:08Residents of the capital Banjul and surrounding areas blocked streets and burned tires overnight on Monday and called for Barrow
00:17to resign.
00:18Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
00:22The electricity went off at 7 p.m. when I left my shop. I came back to work at 7
00:28a.m. and there was still no electricity.
00:31I'm not sure if it came back during the night. It's now 3 p.m. and I'm still waiting.
00:38The blackout started in June and have become longer and more frequent as high temperatures drive up demand.
00:46Authorities have blamed climate change and supply chain disruptions due to the war in Iran.
00:53Our business is stalling because of the lack of electricity.
00:59All our fish is getting spoiled and this is our only source of livelihood.
01:06Our business has perished.
01:10We're tired of this problem. We sometimes go a full day without electricity.
01:15The power can be out for six or seven hours at a time.
01:19We don't have ice to keep our chicken meat cool, which can cost as much as 300 delasses.
01:26We, the women of the Gambia, are tired.
01:30Barrow, who's running for re-election in December, called the power outages a national security issue.
01:36He's promised to increase supply by next month and called for people to be patient.
