The most hotly contested chairperson/mayoral elections this country has ever witnessed has been concluded in quite a similar pattern to the councillor elections held in mid-April. The results have once again consigned the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) to the provinces, with the United Democratic Party (UDP) demonstrating its dominance[Read More…]
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Gambia: NPP’s Bakary Badjie Congratulates Mayor Bensouda
Dear Mayor Elect Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Please receive my warmest congratulations on your victory in the recently concluded KM Mayoral election. It was an intense and very closely contested race. However, your triumph is a testament of faith the people of KM have entrusted in you. While I am naturally[Read More…]
Main Opposition UDP Pulls Large Crowds In Monday’s LG Nomination
The Gambia’s leading opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has yet again shaken the nation as it pulls large crowds from every corner of the country to IEC regional bureaux for the nomination of its various candidates for mayoral and chairmanship elections of May 20. People – young men and women[Read More…]