{"id":92484,"date":"2025-12-22T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:05:05","slug":"barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Vows to Run Darboe Ragged in Campaign Blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow on Saturday issued a pointed challenge to opposition leader Ousainou Darboe, vowing to intensify his nationwide campaign efforts and suggesting that Darboe would be hard-pressed to match his pace.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a meeting in Kassa Kunda, Barrow referenced Darboe\u2019s recent nationwide tour, asserting that he would undertake five additional tours before the 2026 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went on the \u2018Meet with the People\u2019 tour, and then I was informed that Ousainou Darboe is also planning his own tour,\u201d Barrow said. \u201cBut tell him to be ready; I came to lay a foundation stone in Kassa Kunda. Let him also come and lay a foundation stone here,\u201d Mr. Barrow said.<\/p>\n<p>The president outlined his ambitious campaign itinerary, which includes the launch of a 200-kilometer road construction project in collaboration with the World Bank, the completion of a national electricity project, and a 500-kilometer road construction initiative spanning the country.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow emphasized the scale of his planned outreach, saying he will undertake three tours before launching another \u201cMeet with the People\u201d tour, followed by a fifth tour for the presidential campaign itself. \u201cI will do all five tours; let him be ready,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a striking remark that underscored the growing tension between the two political figures, Barrow added, \u201cI think before the presidential election, I\u2019m not saying Banjul hospital, but even a UK hospital will not be able to treat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts interpret the president\u2019s comments as a direct provocation, signaling a fiercely contested campaign season as The Gambia approaches its next elections.<\/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. President Adama Barrow on Saturday issued a pointed challenge to opposition leader Ousainou Darboe, vowing to intensify his nationwide campaign efforts and suggesting that Darboe would be hard-pressed to match his pace. Speaking during a meeting in Kassa Kunda, Barrow referenced Darboe\u2019s recent nationwide tour, asserting that he would undertake five additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-92484","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>Barrow Vows to Run Darboe Ragged in Campaign Blitz - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow on Saturday issued a pointed challenge to opposition leader Ousainou Darboe, vowing to intensi ...\" \/>\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\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Vows to Run Darboe Ragged in Campaign Blitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow on Saturday issued a pointed challenge to opposition leader Ousainou Darboe, vowing to intensi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-22T15:37:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-22T17:05:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766410392.691826.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\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Vows to Run Darboe Ragged in Campaign Blitz\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-22T15:37:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-22T17:05:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1766410392.691826.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\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-vows-to-run-darboe-ragged-in-campaign-blitz\",\"name\":\"Barrow Vows to Run Darboe Ragged in Campaign Blitz - 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