GAMBIAN presidential candidate Essa Mbye Faal has congratulated President Adama Barrow for winning re-election, backtracking after he and two other candidates had refused to accept the result. Barrow's resounding win in Saturday's peaceful polls was seen as a win for democracy in the tiny West African country of 2.5 million people. The vote helped draw a line under the oppressive 22-year rule of former president Yahya Jammeh, who lost to Barrow in 2016 and was forced into exile. The victory was tainted slightly by an announcement late on Sunday by Faal, main challenger Ousainou Darboe, and another candidate that they…