Aji Yam Secka

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Aji Yam Secka ( Ajaratou Mariama (Yamu) Secka ; also: Mariama B. Secka ) is a Gambian politician.

Life

Aji Yam Secka is a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP). She became involved in many of the party's women's wing. Around 1998 and 2001, and by 2014 she was general secretary of the women's group ( Women Secretary General ). Around 2011/2012 and at the end of 2018 she was deputy head.

Around 2016 she was Deputy Secretary General. Since party leader Ousainou Darboe was temporarily imprisoned, she led the party during this time. Towards the end of Yahya Jammeh's reign , she was one of the leading figures in the protests against arbitrary detention and rights violations.

In addition to Halifa Sallah (PDOIS), Dembo Bojang (UDP) and Alhagie Darboe (UDP), she is said to have been one of the key people who laid down their common political goals in a memorandum and agreed in the Coalition in 2016 on the common candidate Adama Barrow , who later actually won the 2016 presidential election .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freedom . PDOIS 'Editorial Board, 1998 ( google.de [accessed January 28, 2019]).
  2. ↑ allAfrica.com: I'll Win By 80% - UDP's Bakary Jarju. April 21, 2001. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ ThB: SCHATTENBLICK. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ UDP Gambia | People. May 10, 2011, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ UDP Gambia | People. April 11, 2012, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ UDP ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVES |. December 11, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Gambia: UDP Selects Adama Barrow As Its Presidential Candidate - allAfrica.com. September 7, 2016, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  8. ↑ UDP holds The Jammeh government Responsible for the death of Solo Krummah. In: GAINAKO. August 23, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ a b SHE-SHE-SHE: Woman of the Year 2016: She fights, lives & wins the Struggle. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Gambia: Homage To Aji Yam Secka And Her Mbartu / Kalama Revolution Produce Solo Sandeng Dead Or Alive. In: Freedom Newspaper. April 29, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2019 (American English).
  11. ^ Gambia: Building the New Gambia: Coalition Leaders Must Tell Us the Truth About the MOU. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  12. ^ Editor: The New Cabinet Introduces The Beginning Of The Executive Presidency. July 10, 2018; Retrieved January 28, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Secka, Aji Yam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Secka, Aji Yamu; Secka, Ajaratou Mariama; Secka, Mariama B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century