{"id":87205,"date":"2025-10-03T08:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:16:55","slug":"mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Bensouda Launches Unite Movement Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has announced the establishment of a new political initiative called the Unite Movement Gambia, aimed at tackling the pressing needs of Gambians at home and abroad.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a call for all Gambians who are well-meaning, young and old, male or female, home or abroad, to come together and join the movement for change,\u201d Bensouda declared during the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the movement was founded by himself and like-minded Gambians with the vision of eventually transforming it into a fully-fledged political party. According to him, the initiative seeks to create a representative platform that addresses the needs of citizens in every village, community, association, and diaspora community worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Bensouda expressed optimism that through collective effort, shared resources, and a united ambition, Gambians could build a country that ranks among the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting some of the country\u2019s challenges, he pointed to the alarming number of young Gambians risking their lives in search of opportunities abroad. He cited statistics showing that more than 1,200 Gambian youths died last year attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing concern over this trend, the mayor underscored the urgency of creating opportunities at home to give young people hope and a reason to stay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGambia is the smallest country in Africa and one of the smallest countries in the world. And there is no excuse why we can\u2019t be further ahead. Therefore, this is a call for action,\u201d Bensouda stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has announced the establishment of a new political initiative called the Unite Movement Gambia, aimed at tackling the pressing needs of Gambians at home and abroad. \u201cThis is a call for all Gambians who are well-meaning, young and old, male or female, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayor Bensouda Launches Unite Movement Gambia - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has announced the establishment of a new politic ...\" \/>\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\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor Bensouda Launches Unite Movement Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has announced the establishment of a new politic ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-03T08:01:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-03T08:16:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759466744.300732.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mayor Bensouda Launches Unite Movement Gambia\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-03T08:01:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T08:16:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759466744.300732.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mayor-bensouda-launches-unite-movement-gambia\",\"name\":\"Mayor Bensouda Launches Unite Movement Gambia - 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