{"id":87468,"date":"2025-10-07T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:19:53","slug":"udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe Confident for 2026 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>ANM Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will emerge victorious in the 2026 presidential election, despite the recent departure of some prominent members.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a meeting with UDP supporters in the diaspora, Darboe said the party has a proven record of resilience and unity in the face of internal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that in 2018, several key figures\u2014including the president, Lamin Cham, and Alkali Conteh\u2014left the UDP, yet the party remained strong and continued its political momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were individuals who played major roles in the party\u2019s political operations. When they left, many predicted the end of UDP. But nothing happened. Even when a sitting president left with all his influence, power, and resources, UDP remained unmoved,\u201d Darboe stated.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran politician also pointed to renewed grassroots support for his leadership, noting that delegations from Banjul and councillors from the Brikama Area Council have written letters reaffirming their loyalty to the party.<\/p>\n<p>He further revealed that women from the Kombo region have also visited him to express their continued solidarity, underscoring the UDP\u2019s enduring strength and broad-based support across the country.<\/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. ANM Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will emerge victorious in the 2026 presidential election, despite the recent departure of some prominent members. Speaking during a meeting with UDP supporters in the diaspora, Darboe said the party has a proven record of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","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>UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe Confident for 2026 Election - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ANM Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will ...\" \/>\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\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe Confident for 2026 Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANM Ousainu Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-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=\"2025-10-07T09:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T09:19:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759816151.534167.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe Confident for 2026 Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T09:00:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-07T09:19:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759816151.534167.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainou-darboe-confident-for-2026-election\",\"name\":\"UDP Leader Ousainou Darboe Confident for 2026 Election - 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