{"id":89439,"date":"2025-11-05T07:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:30:09","slug":"talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics","title":{"rendered":"Talib Bensouda Advocates New Era in Gambian Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council and a prominent member of the Unite Movement for Change (UMC), has called for a fresh approach to politics in The Gambia, emphasizing that it should not revolve around personal attacks or caricatures.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the KMC Regional Youth Founders meeting at Semega Janneh Hall, Mayor Bensouda emphasized the significance of genuine public engagement. \u201cPolitics is about having conversations with the public, and for the Unite Movement for Change, we have come to engage directly with the people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined the movement\u2019s commitment to a political approach grounded in truth, accountability, and realistic promises, urging members not to make commitments they cannot fulfill.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting persistent national challenges, Mayor Bensouda noted that many of the country\u2019s problems have persisted since independence. \u201cGambia has faced the same challenges from independence to today,\u201d he said, citing issues such as youth unemployment, limited support for women, and inadequate opportunities as key areas of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the future of the movement, Mayor Bensouda revealed that when UMC transitions into a political party, the party\u2019s flag-bearer will not automatically be the secretary-general. \u201cWe cannot take the power of a country or a party and put it in the hands of one person; if that person becomes a dictator, you made the person a dictator,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged members to learn from the country\u2019s political history, pointing to the People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP) as an example: \u201cIf you look at Gambia\u2019s politics since the time of PPP, when the party leader left, the party cannot survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor explained that when former President Sir Dawda Jawara stepped down, the PPP struggled to maintain its relevance\u2014just as the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) did after President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s departure. He added that President Adama Barrow has expressed his intention to seek a third term to ensure the National People\u2019s Party (NPP) remains stable and does not face a similar fate after his eventual exit.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Bensouda encouraged supporters to promote the movement\u2019s vision rather than individual personalities. \u201cDo not tell people to join Talib Bensouda; tell them to join UMC,\u201d he said, emphasizing the importance of collective leadership and a shared political mission.<\/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 Kanifing Municipal Council and a prominent member of the Unite Movement for Change (UMC), has called for a fresh approach to politics in The Gambia, emphasizing that it should not revolve around personal attacks or caricatures. Addressing the KMC Regional Youth Founders meeting at Semega Janneh Hall, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89439","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 Bensouda Advocates New Era in Gambian Politics - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council and a prominent member of the Unite Movement for Change (UM ...\" \/>\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\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talib Bensouda Advocates New Era in Gambian Politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council and a prominent member of the Unite Movement for Change (UM ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-05T07:58:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-05T08:30:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762318780.004334.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\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Talib Bensouda Advocates New Era in Gambian Politics\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-05T07:58:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-05T08:30:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762318780.004334.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-advocates-new-era-in-gambian-politics\",\"name\":\"Talib Bensouda Advocates New Era in Gambian Politics - 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