(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed readiness to work with other opposition parties in the country to defeat President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections. The Gambia will hold presidential elections in December 2016, but the UDP’s leader and secretary-general, Ousainou Darboe, is[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Opposition Elects Barred Leader As Presidential Candidate
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) Sunday unanimously re-elected Ousainou Darboe, who is ineligible to contest elections, as its flagbearer in this year’s presidential poll. Ousainou Darboe, 67, who founded the UDP in 1996, is constitutionally barred from contesting presidential elections in the West African nation[Read More…]