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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>President Adama Barrow announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026 during a meeting in Niani Kunting on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n

The president told his audience at the Kunting meeting that people waiting for him to retire will have to wait a little longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are going around telling people President Barrow wants to step down and that they will soon take over the government. They should know that President Barrow is not going anywhere. What I will unleash on them in 2026 will be more devastating than what I inflicted on them in 2021. \u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

President Adama Barrow was speaking at a meeting held in Niani Kunting on Saturday.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. President Adama Barrow announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026 during a meeting in Niani Kunting on Saturday. The president told his audience at the Kunting meeting that people waiting for him to retire will have to wait a little longer. \u201cThey are going around telling people President Barrow wants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-36893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Barrow Confirms He Will Contest 2026 Presidential Election - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026 during a meeting in Niani Kunting on Sa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Barrow Confirms He Will Contest 2026 Presidential Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow announced his intention to run for re-election in 2026 during a meeting in Niani Kunting on Sa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T16:19:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T21:45:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/06\/sm_1686568339.271698.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Barrow Confirms He Will Contest 2026 Presidential Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-12T16:19:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T21:45:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/06\/sm_1686568339.271698.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/president-barrow-confirms-he-will-contest-2026-presidential-election\",\"name\":\"President Barrow Confirms He Will Contest 2026 Presidential Election - 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