Title: 2006/09/22. Presidential election in Gambia.
Image Number: APN115692
Media Id: 111_518
Path:
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Aliou Mbaye
Description: BANJUL - SEPTEMBER 22: Yahya Jammeh, outgoing Gambian president, candidate for his re-election talk to the media after casting his vote at the polling station in McCarthy Square on September 22, 2006 in Banjul, Gambia. He seized power in a military coup in 1994 and had promised to hand over office to civilians after two years. In 1996, he favoured a new constitution to turn his military dictatorship into a civilian government. He won the presidential elections in 2001. (Photo by Aliou Mbaye/Panapress) *** Local Caption *** BANJUL - 22 SEPTEMBRE: Yahya Jammeh, president candidat a sa propre succession, parle a la presse devant le bureau de McCarthy Square. Banjul, Gambie, 22 septembre 2006. Il est arrive au pouvoir a la faveur du coup d'Etat de 1994 et avait promis de le ceder aux civils au bout de deux ans. En 1996, il a fait voter une nouvelle constitution pour transformer sa dictature militaire en gouvernement civil. Jammeh a ensuite remporte les elections presidentielles de 2001. (P
Collections: Independent Photographers
Subcollections:
Aliou Mbaye
Country: Gambia
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 2240 x 1488
Credit: Aliou Mbaye / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
Keywords:
Gambia,
colour image ,
Africa,
Banjul,
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West Africa,
2006,
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presidential elections,
Yahya Jammeh,
candidates,
re-election,
talking,
press,
media,
political elections,
heads of State,
sunglasses,
voters,
military personnel,
pointing fingers,
discussing,
outing,
President of Gambia,
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