| Gambian president takes 21-year-old as second wife |
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>  Yahya Jammeh has taken a 21-year-old diplomat's daughter as a second wife, following months of speculation about a potential new marriage, the presidency said on Sunday.
The Muslim leader of the small West African country, who is 45, has two children with his other wife, Zeinab Yahya Jammeh.Jammeh married Zeinab, a Moroccan, in 1999 following a divorce from his first wife.Jammeh's new wife, Gambian national Alima Sallah, will be formally known as Lady Alima Yahya Jammeh. "She is not to be addressed as the First Lady because according to protocol, there can only be one First Lady, and in this case, that is Madam Zeinab Yahya Jammeh," the presidency said in a statement. Jammeh has ruled Gambia for 16 years, and plans to seek a fourth term in 2011 presidential elections. |
