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Lamin Manneh Says UDP Election Results Plan Is About Transparency, Not Undermining IEC
Lamin Manneh, Deputy Administrative Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party
By Fatou Sillah
Lamin Manneh, the United Democratic Party’s deputy secretary for external affairs, has defended the party’s…
Essa Faal Condemns Tribal Remarks Against Mayor Talib Bensouda
Essa Mbye Faal, APP-Sobeyaa
By Fatou Sillah
Essa Mbye Faal, the leader of the APP-Sobeyaa party, has condemned recent ethnic remarks directed at Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the leader of UNITE and mayor of the Kanifing…
Darboe Questions Barrow’s Alliance With Former Opponents of His Presidency
Ousainu Darboe, leader of United Democratic Party (UDP)
By Makutu Manneh
Ousainu Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party, has questioned President Adama Barrow’s alliance with political figures who opposed his…
Essa Bokarr Sey Says Security Sector Reform Falls Short, Calls NAWEC a National Security Threat
Former Amb. Essa Bokar Sey
By Seedy Jobe
Former Gambian diplomat Essa Bokarr Sey has criticized the government’s security sector reform efforts, saying the process has largely remained on paper and has failed to produce…
No-To Alliance ‘80 Percent’ Likely to Join Opposition Coalition, Almameh Gibba Says
Almameh Gibba, Member of the National Assembly (NAM)
By Seedy Jobe
Almameh Gibba, the National Assembly member for Foni Kansala and a senior figure in the No-To Alliance, has said the movement is likely to join an…
Darboe Distances UDP From Imam Sanyang’s Remarks, Condemns Tribal Attacks on Bensouda
ANM Ousainu Darboe, Party Leader, UDP
By Makutu Manneh
ANM Ousainu Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party, has distanced his party from controversial remarks made by Imam Daaru Sanyang about Kanifing Mayor Talib…