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APP-Sobeya faction joins Bensouda coalition in Gambia

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A faction of the All People’s Party-Sobeya, comprising founding members, has provisionally agreed to join Coalition 2026, led by Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda. The move comes ahead of Gambia’s presidential election, scheduled for 5 December, according to sources close to the discussions cited by Kerr Fatou.

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