Yahoo! News - Soccer in the rain banned in GambiaSoccer in the rain banned in Gambia
Tue Feb 4, 3:14 PM ET
BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has banned youths from playing soccer in the rainy season, saying they should be toiling in the fields to boost agriculture.
Jammeh, a bird-loving former wrestler who seized power in a 1994 coup, said on a meet-the-people tour that Gambia's young needed to work to make the West African country self-sufficient in food, rather than kicking a soccer ball around.
"Youths in rural areas should not involve themselves with football in the coming rainy season (June to October). Failure to do so and I will send them to jail. I mean it," Jammeh said on his tour of the West African country.
Gambia's 1.25 million people survive on tourism, fishing and groundnuts.
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