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Gambia: Jammeh gives Almameh Gibba leadership of APRC faction

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Gambia: Jammeh gives Almameh Gibba leadership of APRC faction

Exiled former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has chosen MP Almameh Gibba to lead No To Alliance, a breakaway faction of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction. The group has yet to say whether it will contest the 5 December presidential election alone or join a coalition, Gambiana reports.

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