Gambia Opposition in Standoff With Police Over Provincial Tour
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Gambia’s main opposition leader said police are blocking his convoy as he seeks to set off on a tour of the provinces without a permit for public meetings.
Ousainou Darbo, head of the United Democratic Party, said in a phone interview on Friday that his vehicles have been blocked by a paramilitary police unit outside the village of Fass Njaga Choi in Gambia’s North Bank Region. He said no force has been used against the group.