Gambia News
GAMBIA: Government’s Groundnut Price is too Low
With the rainy season having ended, the Ministry of Agriculture recently announced the price they will offer to farmers for purchasing groundnuts. The announced...
Opinion
GAMBIA: November Without Jammeh, A Homecoming that May Never be
As November 2025 approaches its final days, many Gambians, especially in Foni, are still holding their breath for the long-promised return of former President...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Partisan Pitfalls: Political Analyst Warns Against Misusing “Meet the People” Tour
Biran Gai, a political science lecturer at the University of The Gambia, has urged members of the National Assembly to remind the president that...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Barrow’s “No Free Hospital” Claim Is a Confession of Failure, Not a Defense
When President Adama Barrow told Gambians at the Meet the People Tour that “There is no hospital in the world where you can get...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Health Sector Reality Versus President Barrow
It is easy to differentiate a serious government from an incompetent one. One way of doing so is to see how they respond to...
Opinion
GAMBIA: The Barrow Hegemony Once Again Exposes Its Financial Indiscipline
The Barrow-led government has once again demonstrated to Gambians that wastefulness and a disregard for public finance accountability have become its modus operandi. The...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Vegetable Gardening: The Forgotten Agriculture
Despite the unusual rains a few days ago, the rainy season is now over in The Gambia. This normally signifies the end of the major...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Wrong Signal From NPP Sukuta Rally
It is now quite evident that President Adama Barrow had used the Sukuta rally as the opening salvo for his campaign for the 2026...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Exposing the Disinformation from Minister of Information Dr. Ismaila Ceesay and his Ministry
Since Malagen's factchecking platform exposed the falsehood spewed by the information minister Ismaila Ceesay about mortality rates in the Gambia, the Edward Francis Small...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Dr. Yacine Dieng Reacts to Dr. Ismaila Ceesay’s Recent Statement
Statement By Dr. Yacine Dieng- Vice Coordinator Pastef Gambia
Dear Dr. Ismaila Ceesay,
Thank you for your recent message. While it did not explicitly name any...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Yahya Jammeh’s Rights, Realities, and the Road Ahead
The political temperature in The Gambia has once again begun to rise, following a dramatic announcement by Hon. Momodou Yafaye Tamba, claiming the mandate...
Opinion
GAMBIA: President Barrow Sends Emissary to Dakar to Tackle Diplomatic Passport Row
The extensive scandal involving the Gambian diplomatic passports is an additional concern that is attracting attention in the Senegalese media. President Adama Barrow has...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Sukuta Grand Rally: Latest Bid for Relevance by a Tarnished President
There is now far less faith in Adama Barrow and his government, as well as in their trustworthiness and credibility. The revelations arising from...
Opinion
GAMBIA: When Leaders Divide: The NPP Sukuta Rally and the Crisis of Democratic Decency
The NPP rally held in Sukuta on Saturday was not just another political gathering. It was a troubling display of egotism, incivility, and thoughtlessness...
Opinion
GAMBIA: The Poison of Hate in Gambian Politics
In recent years, our political arena has become increasingly polluted with the language of hate, insult, and dehumanization. Since the National Human Rights Commission...
Opinion
GAMBIA: Yahya Jammeh and the Bokassa Parallel
When Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the self-crowned Emperor of the Central African Empire, landed in Bangui in 1986 after nearly a decade in gilded exile, he...
