Gambia Opposition Forge Coalition

The Gambia’s opposition political parties yesterday agreed to forget a coalition to take on President Yahya Jammeh who is seeking a fifth term in office on December 1st 2016. In a statement published below, all the opposition parties, including the United Democratic Party have signed an agreement to select a coalition candidate through a convention on October 30th. The only opposition party that didn’t endorse the agreement was the Gambia Democratic Congress of Mama Kandeh.