{"id":95870,"date":"2026-04-13T09:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:55:53","slug":"umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination","title":{"rendered":"UMC Challenges Ruling Party and Warns of Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ebrima Dibba, a member of the Unite Movement for Change, said the group is preparing to challenge the ruling National People\u2019s Party at all levels of political competition, even as it awaits formal registration by the Independent Electoral Commission.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a local radio program on Saturday, Mr. Dibba said the movement intended to match the governing party\u2019s reach across the country. \u201cWe will match NPP dalasi to dalasi, tribe to tribe, community to community, region to region, district to district,\u201d he said, signaling an expansive national strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dibba also asserted that the movement was gaining traction, particularly among younger voters, and said it was building the capacity to rival the governing party\u2019s political infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he warned against what he described as potential discrimination targeting the group\u2019s supporters, saying the movement would pursue legal action where necessary. He framed the position as part of a broader commitment to protecting civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUMC would ensure no rights are violated in this country again,\u201d he said, adding that Gambians would not accept a return to abuses associated with the period from 1994 to 2016.<\/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. Ebrima Dibba, a member of the Unite Movement for Change, said the group is preparing to challenge the ruling National People\u2019s Party at all levels of political competition, even as it awaits formal registration by the Independent Electoral Commission. Speaking on a local radio program on Saturday, Mr. Dibba said the movement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-95870","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>UMC Challenges Ruling Party and Warns of Discrimination - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ebrima Dibba, a member of the Unite Movement for Change, said the group is preparing to challenge the ruling National ...\" \/>\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\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UMC Challenges Ruling Party and Warns of Discrimination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ebrima Dibba, a member of the Unite Movement for Change, said the group is preparing to challenge the ruling National ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\" \/>\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=\"2026-04-13T09:48:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-13T10:55:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1776064845.244847.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\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UMC Challenges Ruling Party and Warns of Discrimination\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T09:48:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-13T10:55:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1776064845.244847.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\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/umc-challenges-ruling-party-and-warns-of-discrimination\",\"name\":\"UMC Challenges Ruling Party and Warns of Discrimination - 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