Vice president dies after brief illness

<p><strong>OpenLife Nigeria reports that the vice president of The Gambia&comma; Badara Alieu Joof is dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;19309" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-19309" style&equals;"width&colon; 490px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-19309" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;gmaa&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"490" height&equals;"481" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-19309" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Late The Gambia Vice President&comma; Badara Alieu Joof<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>This announcement was made by the president&comma; Adama Barrow who said he died after short illness in India&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He took to his twitter page to make the announcement to the people of Gambia while expressing how sad the death of Badara Alieu Joof&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-19311" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Screenshot&lowbar;20230118-101552&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"651" height&equals;"446" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;fresh-lockdown-declared-in-southeast&sol;">Fresh Lockdown Declared In Southeast <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Badara Alieu Joof is a Gambian politician and former civil servant&comma; who serves as Vice President of The Gambia since 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He previously served as Minister of Higher Education&comma; Research&comma; Science and Technology from 2017 to 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;