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World Service,3 mins
President Jammeh: "I've taken Gambia from stone age to a modern country"
Focus on AfricaAvailable for over a year
Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh has been in office since he seized power in a military coup in 1994. As elections approach, he tells Âé¶¹Éç Africa's Umaru Fofana why he is standing for a fifth term of office, and why he is not taking anything for granted. (Photo: President Yahya Jammeh speaks to reporters in 2011. Credit: Getty Images.)
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