Opinion

Powerless: The economy that could have been and the jobs that were never created

Sep 24, 2026 • Ebrima A. Faal

A tribute to the late Ya Sarah Goddard Joof

Sep 22, 2026

Eulogy in evergreen loving memory of our beloved Ya Sarah Goddard-Joof: The Cathedral's rose which has folded — a lamp of feminine grace, a pillar of the faith, a mother to a nation!!!

Sep 21, 2026

Powerless

Sep 18, 2026

What the Dangote Refinery IPO could mean for The Gambia

Sep 16, 2026

TOURISM, ELECTRICITY AND THE WAY FORWARD

Sep 8, 2026

Harnessing The Gambia’s Youth Potential - From Promise to Action

Sep 1, 2026 • Seedy K.M. Keita and Mandisa Mashologu

EFSCRJ calls on political coalitions to publish their agreements

PUBLIC STATEMENT   As The Gambia moves closer to the December 2026 Presidential Election, the Edward Francis Small Center for Rights and Justice, through its Election Watch Initiative, continues to monitor political parties, candidates and other electoral stakeholders to assess their compliance with the rule of law, democratic norms, transparency and accountability.

Aug 28, 2026

Commentary : The Gambia's pulverized party system: Institutional and behavioral barriers to coalition formation

II: Behavioral Barriers: When Leadership Ambitions Take Precedence over Policy Continued from Part

Aug 27, 2026 • Dr Kal Bayo Behavioral Barriers

2026 is proving to be a defining year in geopolitics

Not since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reshaped global security after 2001 or, more significantly, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, has the international order undergone change on the scale we are witnessing today.

Aug 27, 2026

African nations can use the current crisis to build food systems that can take a hit. Kigali is where it comes together

Heads of state, agriculture and finance ministers and investors meet in Kigali from 31 August for the Africa Food Systems Forum, the continent's largest agricultural gathering.

Aug 27, 2026 • Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Commentary: The Gambia's pulverized party system: Institutional and behavioral barriers to coalition formation

Part I: Institutional Barriers in a Fragmented Party System The ongoing debate among political analysts and party commentators about the difficulties political parties face in negotiating a grand pre-election coalition to challenge the sitting National People’s Party (NPP) in the presidential contest later this year is both illuminating and, in some respects, obfuscating.

Aug 25, 2026 • Dr Kal Bayo

Beyond who is leading in the survey: A critical examination of the sampling methodology in The Gambia Participate Survey

I have had the opportunity to read the full report of the survey released by The Gambia Participate. While many have rightfully questioned several aspects of the survey, including its funding, the selection of potential presidential candidates, and the exclusion of others, these issues may not necessarily invalidate the survey results but raise important questions about their external validity.

Aug 24, 2026 • Dr Alieu SK Manjang 

2026 Elections: The Gambia at a crossroads – will we triumph or stumble?

Governance is the indispensable enterprise upon which the life of any nation rests.

Aug 18, 2026 • Sheikh Sadibu Jadama, Chairman of Communications, GFA

TRIBUTE : The quiet giant: A magisterial eulogy to Alhaji Kebba Masaneh Ceesay — the debonair gentleman, the workers’ champion, the lighthouse of a nation !!!

Public Servant Par Excellence, Trade Unionist, Footballer, Friend Of All The World

Aug 18, 2026

Eulogy: THE LIGHTHOUSE THAT WALKED: A Brief Eulogy For Alhaji Sandigie E. Njie, A Beloved “Kotoh” And “Ndongo Banjul” !!!

Aug 14, 2026 • Hassan Gibril (A Beloved Younger Brother, A Genuine Admirer Forever Friend)

Eulogy: SOLEMN TRIBUTE — DR SIDI CHERNO JAMMEH (Veteran Broadcaster, Football Commentator, Economist & Mentor)

Aug 14, 2026 • Hassan Gibril

The doyen of Gambian journalism and a pillar of press freedom, Pap Saine:

Aug 10, 2026 • Alagi Yorro Jallow