[wanabidii] Gambia's Adama Barrow announces ex-Jammeh minister as vice-president pick (M&G Africa)

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Gambia's Adama Barrow announces ex-Jammeh minister as vice-president pick   Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang was a health minister in the early years of ex-leader Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule.

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