Opinion

President Diomaye Faye, who can politically protect you other than Ousman Sonko?

Oct 13, 2026 • Author: Dawda Faye, Senior Judicial Correspondent

Russia is not blocking food supplies to Africa: facts vs. political speculation

Oct 6, 2026

The Gambia Must Press the RESET BUTTON to Fast-Track Its Economic Growth Agenda

Oct 2, 2026

Op-ed: Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens Gambia’s food security

Sep 30, 2026

Why is it that our Western leaders are so unpopular at home?

Sep 30, 2026 • Hassan Salla, Political Scientist & International Affairs Analyst

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