Breaking News: Sheriff Dibba passes away

Sheriff Mustapha Dibba, a veteran Gambian politician who served as the country's National Assembly speaker from 2002 to 2006, gave his last breathe on Monday morning at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), Banjul. SM Dibba, 71, reportedly died of heart-attack, after he was hospitalised last week Friday.

SM Dibba was the leader of the National Convention Party (NCP). Mr Dibba was The Gambia's first vice-president in the first republic and resigned from that position in 1975 and later formed the NCP. Following elections in 1977, the NCP became the main opposition party in The Gambia.