{"id":87961,"date":"2025-10-13T19:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2"},"modified":"2025-10-13T20:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:14:45","slug":"former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2","title":{"rendered":"Former APRC Chairman Launches NARD for 2026 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Yahya Tamba, former chairman of the APRC \u201cNo to Alliance\u201d movement, has announced the establishment of the National Alliance for Reconciliation and Development (NARD)\u2014a new political movement gearing up for the 2026 presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday, October 12, 2025, Tamba said NARD is currently being launched as a movement in preparation, rather than a fully registered political party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNARC was born from the pain of our people and the conviction that the Gambia must rise again. For too long, our nation has suffered from corruption, insecurity, poverty, and tribal division. Our civil service, once the pride of Africa, has fallen into inefficiency and ill-discipline,\u201d Tamba declared.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that crimes in the country often go unpunished while ordinary citizens continue to struggle to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>Tamba emphasized that NARD\u2019s mission is rooted in reconciliation, accountability, and national healing, stressing that corruption and impunity must end for the country to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the movement\u2019s key objectives include promoting national unity and reconciliation by restoring the traditional role of elders, religious leaders, tribal heads, and community structures as cornerstones of peace, dialogue, and social cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo uphold the dignity, diversity, and harmony of the Gambian people, recognizing the equal values of all tribes, languages, and religions is essential to our shared national identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tamba added that the reconciliation he envisions is not about compensation but about mending divisions among Gambians. \u201cGambians must reconcile.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He further appealed to the youth to support NARD\u2019s mission, describing them as central to the country\u2019s renewal and liberation from \u201chorror, intimidation, arrests, torture, and loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a party that belongs to the youth and women and the Gambians at large,\u201d he said.<\/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. Yahya Tamba, former chairman of the APRC \u201cNo to Alliance\u201d movement, has announced the establishment of the National Alliance for Reconciliation and Development (NARD)\u2014a new political movement gearing up for the 2026 presidential election. Speaking on Sunday, October 12, 2025, Tamba said NARD is currently being launched as a movement in preparation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","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>Former APRC Chairman Launches NARD for 2026 Election - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yahya Tamba, former chairman of the APRC \u201cNo to Alliance\u201d movement, has announced the establishment of the National A ...\" \/>\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\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former APRC Chairman Launches NARD for 2026 Election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yahya Tamba, former chairman of the APRC \u201cNo to Alliance\u201d movement, has announced the establishment of the National A ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-13T19:39:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-13T20:14:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1760373852.616392.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"963\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"637\" \/>\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\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former APRC Chairman Launches NARD for 2026 Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-13T19:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-13T20:14:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1760373852.616392.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/former-aprc-chairman-launches-nard-for-2026-election-2\",\"name\":\"Former APRC Chairman Launches NARD for 2026 Election - 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