{"id":87513,"date":"2025-10-07T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:30:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:30:46","slug":"talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims","title":{"rendered":"Talib\u2019S UCM Denies Lebanon, Morocco Funding Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has firmly dismissed allegations circulating on social media and opposition-linked platforms suggesting that his political campaign will receive foreign funding from Lebanon and Morocco.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, a vocal member of Bensouda\u2019s camp, Lamin Camara, openly claimed that Bensouda is a nephew of the Moroccan king and has wealthy backers including Lebanese.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted for comments on the issue by The Standard, Mayor Bensouda referred us to Kemo Bojang, a founding member of his political movement.<\/p>\n<p>Bojang, a municipal councillor from Bakau who quit the UDP over the weekend stated: \u201cWe are fully aware of what the electoral laws of The Gambia state regarding foreign financing and interference in our politics, and we remain committed to being law-abiding citizens who uphold those rules. At the same time, we must also be careful not to encourage or promote xenophobia in our political discourse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said their movement is open to \u201call Gambians regardless of heritage, background, or family roots\u201d and that once \u201cyou are Gambian and you believe in this cause, your support, whether in cash, in kind, or in person, is both welcome and valued\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the Moroccan embassy in The Gambia told The Standard: \u201cIt [Camara\u2019s claims] are not true. We have no contact about that. Morocco\u2019s foreign policy is based on non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, especially when it comes to their internal elections\u201d.<\/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 Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has firmly dismissed allegations circulating on social media and opposition-linked platforms suggesting that his political campaign will receive foreign funding from Lebanon and Morocco. A few weeks ago, a vocal member of Bensouda\u2019s camp, Lamin Camara, openly claimed that Bensouda is a nephew of the Moroccan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87513","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>Talib\u2019S UCM Denies Lebanon, Morocco Funding Claims - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has firmly dismissed allegations circulating on social media and oppositio ...\" \/>\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\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talib\u2019S UCM Denies Lebanon, Morocco Funding Claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has firmly dismissed allegations circulating on social media and oppositio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-07T18:37:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T19:30:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759852816.421642.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\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Talib\u2019S UCM Denies Lebanon, Morocco Funding Claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T18:37:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-07T19:30:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759852816.421642.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talibs-ucm-denies-lebanon-morocco-funding-claims\",\"name\":\"Talib\u2019S UCM Denies Lebanon, Morocco Funding Claims - 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