Section
12391 stories
Aug 13, 2026
Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
The Gambia has accused Senegal of acting unilaterally in a recent border incident that saw the demolition of boundary pillars and part of the perimeter wall of Gambian military installations, raising fresh concerns over the management of the border between the two countries.
Aug 12, 2026 • Jankey Ceesay
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has raised concerns over what it describes as the continued denial of access to the Kairaba International Conference Centre for its political activities, calling it a threat to equal treatment ahead of the 2026 presidential election.
Aug 12, 2026
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has flagged the high financial cost of political participation as a major barrier to women’s representation in The Gambia ahead of the 2026–2027 electoral cycle.
Aug 12, 2026 • Isatou Ceesay Bah
The Gambia Standards Bureau (GSB) has intensified efforts to prevent substandard and unsafe electrical products from entering the country, as concerns persist over limited national capacity to test and evaluate electrical appliances.
Aug 12, 2026 • Makutu Manneh
The Gambia has lost one of its most distinguished sons with the passing of Dr. Sidi Cherno Jammeh, a development economist, former World Bank official, and voice of a generation of Gambian football fans.
Aug 12, 2026
Six opposition parties and movements have concluded 18 months of negotiations and agreed to contest the 2026 presidential election under a new coalition called CHANGE - Coalition for Hope, Accountability, National-renewal, Good-governance, and Equity.
Aug 12, 2026
His Excellency President Adama Barrow on Monday, 10th August 2026, laid the foundation stone for the 52-kilometre Ngayen Sanjal Road project in the North Bank Region (NBR), and inaugurated the 12-kilometre Njau Loop Road in the Central River Region (CRR) North.
Aug 12, 2026 • Landing Ceesay
The recent flooding that submerged parts of Banjul has been attributed to unusually heavy rainfall, the capital’s low-lying geography and challenges affecting its drainage infrastructure, according to a source with knowledge of the city’s drainage and sewage system.
Aug 11, 2026 • Isatou Ceesay Bah
Residents of Upper Niumi and Lower Niumi Districts in the North Bank Region have pledged to vote massively for President Adama Barrow in the December Presidential Election, following the laying of foundation stones for six new road projects.
Aug 11, 2026 • Landing Ceesay
President Adama Barrow on Sunday officially opened the newly completed 17-kilometre Banni–Salikene–Njaba Kunda Road in Badibu Central, North Bank Region. The project was fully funded by the Government of The Gambia and built by Bajam Construction Limited under the supervision of the National Roads Authority (NRA).
Aug 11, 2026 • Landing Ceesay
Amid heightened fears across the country, Dr Malang Faye, one of the country's youngest political science scholars and researchers, has outlined and critically analysed the causative factors of heightened insecurity. The young scholar, who doubles as a political science lecturer at the University of The Gambia, pinpointed these main causes, which have critically affected the country, into three or four factors: poverty, unemployment and the proliferation of illicit drugs.
Aug 11, 2026 • Ali Jaw
The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority, Yankuba Darboe, has warned that weak administrative capacity in tax management could lead to significant revenue losses, and called for urgent steps to strengthen expertise in transfer pricing.
Aug 11, 2026 • Abdoulie Nyockeh
The government of The Gambia has reaffirmed its commitment to amplifying the voices of children and ensuring that their concerns, recommendations and aspirations are reflected in national policies, programs and development priorities. The commitment was highlighted on Saturday, August 6, 2026, at the second edition of the Special Mansa Kunda, an intergenerational dialogue that brought Gambian children and adolescents face-to-face with Cabinet ministers and senior government officials at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre.
Aug 11, 2026 • Makutu Manneh
Coalition 2026 says its doors will remain open to political actors who withdrew from its negotiations, with the alliance ready to review its terms and re-engage them ahead of the December presidential election.
Aug 11, 2026 • Jankey Ceesay
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the leader of the UNITE Party has emerged as the flagbearer for coalition 2026 presidential election amid a labourious process of coalition building in which several political parties have withdrawn.
Aug 10, 2026 • Adama Jallow
His Excellency Adama Barrow, the President of the Republic of The Gambia laid foundation stones for the construction of six (6) new roads in Upper and Lower Niumi Districts in the North Bank Region on Saturday as he embarked on a Road Projects Tour.
Aug 10, 2026 • Landing Ceesay
APP-Sobeyaa has accused UNITE of misrepresenting the reasons behind its withdrawal from the opposition coalition talks, alleging that “improper conduct and inducements” were among the concerns that led the party to walk away from the negotiations.
Aug 10, 2026 • Jankey Ceesay
Child parliamentarians have confronted authorities over what they described as “unsafe spaces, child marriage and barriers faced by children with disabilities”, as the second national sitting of the Children National Assembly of The Gambia (CNAG) called for stronger action to protect children and ensure their voices influence national decisions.
Aug 10, 2026 • Jankey Ceesay
