Easy for Jammeh

The opposition has dashed its hopes of victory by failing to field a single candidate. The two rival alliances stand almost no chance against President Yahya Jammeh in the national elections on 22 September, given his iron grip on the organisation of the polls and his threats to independent judges.

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Yahya Jammeh, Amadou Omar Jallow, Ndondi Njie, Sulayman Sait Mboob, Saffie Njie, Alieu Momar Njie, Malleh Sallah, Saja Fatty, Senegal

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