{"id":89743,"date":"2025-11-09T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:55:53","slug":"talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness","title":{"rendered":"Talib Bensouda on Poverty Corruption and Backwardness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, has ruled out returning to the United Democratic Party (UDP), even if offered the party\u2019s flagbearer position for the 2026 presidential elections. Speaking in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mr. Bensouda said his decision to leave the UDP stems from differences in political vision, not personal ambition.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the UDP, I believe there are possibilities for partnerships. Like I said, this is not an issue of self-interest or me personally wanting to be president; it is an issue of a different belief I have about how democratic entities should be run,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bensouda explained that his new political movement is rooted in a desire to prioritize issue-based politics and national development over personality-driven campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision is not personal at all; it is just a difference in views. One thing I want to divorce myself from is personality politics, and that\u2019s something that is done a lot in Gambia. You seldom hear politicians talking about issues; they spend all their time up to the point of elections talking about each other, so this movement is different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the initiative is not intended to undermine the UDP. \u201cI think there is a lot of propaganda about this movement; it is not an anti-UDP movement. I have actually sat with many UDP figures and told them I don\u2019t want anybody to leave UDP, thinking that there is some opportunity here for your self-interest. I am certainly not encouraging anybody to leave any party. I\u2019m saying if you believe in this movement, wherever you are from, whoever you are, you are more than welcome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said the new platform will focus on transparency, accountability, and national development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not opposed to individuals; we are opposed to poverty, corruption, and backwardness. What we want is a genuine transformation in The Gambia. We would like to work with everybody as far as it is aligned with our principles and values and our vision for the country,\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. Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, has ruled out returning to the United Democratic Party (UDP), even if offered the party\u2019s flagbearer position for the 2026 presidential elections. Speaking in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mr. Bensouda said his decision to leave the UDP stems from differences in political vision, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89743","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>Talib Bensouda on Poverty Corruption and Backwardness - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, has ruled out returning to the United Democratic Party (UD ...\" \/>\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-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talib Bensouda on Poverty Corruption and Backwardness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Talib Ahmed Bensouda, mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, has ruled out returning to the United Democratic Party (UD ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-09T17:50:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-09T18:55:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762701907.515895.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\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Talib Bensouda on Poverty Corruption and Backwardness\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-09T17:50:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-09T18:55:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\"},\"wordCount\":363,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1762701907.515895.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\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/talib-bensouda-on-poverty-corruption-and-backwardness\",\"name\":\"Talib Bensouda on Poverty Corruption and Backwardness - 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