{"id":95687,"date":"2026-04-05T08:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T08:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:58:50","slug":"minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","title":{"rendered":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Security, has declared his intention to sponsor a candidate against Almameh Gibba, the National Assembly Member representing Foni Kansala, in the upcoming parliamentary elections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will invest my resources, campaign, and ensure we defeat him,\u201d Sabally said during a reception for Bakary M. Manga, the No-To-Alliance candidate for the recent Bantanjang Ward by-election.<\/p>\n<p>Sabally criticized Gibba for allegedly introducing foreign political influences into Foni Bondali and for targeting local elders and women. He also highlighted that Manga chose to join the ruling National People\u2019s Party after observing development initiatives in Bantanjang Ward.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between Sabally and Gibba has escalated in recent months, particularly during the Bantanjang Ward by-election, where both political figures engaged in personal attacks against one another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gambia<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Security, has declared his intention to sponsor a candidate against Almameh Gibba, the National Assembly Member representing Foni Kansala, in the upcoming parliamentary elections. \u201cI will invest my resources, campaign, and ensure we defeat him,\u201d Sabally said during a reception for Bakary M. Manga, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-95687","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>Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...\" \/>\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\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\" \/>\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=\"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.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\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\",\"name\":\"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"-article-header-tag\\\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker - Gambia","description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker","og_description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker","datePublished":"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.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\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker","name":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-05T08:39:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T09:58:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Gambia. Demba Sabally, Minister of Ag ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775382894.077119.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-sabally-plans-to-challenge-foni-kansala-lawmaker#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister Sabally Plans to Challenge Foni Kansala Lawmaker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95706,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95687\/revisions\/95706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}