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Alhaji Yaya Ceesay: The passing of a true statesman

Appreciation May 4, 2026

By the People's Progressive Party We regret to announce, with...

Alhaji Yaya Ceesay (1937–2026): Honouring a foundational statesman, community elder, and respected national...

Appreciation May 4, 2026

By Abdoulie Mam Njie(retired permanent secretary) The Gambia mourns the...

Diomaye said he learnt of Macky’s UN candidacy rom a foreign minister

SENEGAL Digest May 4, 2026

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has spoken out about his...

Access Bank takes over Standard Chartered Bank

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By Arret Jatta After operating for 130 years, Standard Chartered...

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Jammeh gets life ban, faces criminal trial

Gambia News September 16, 2019

By Omar Bah The Gambia government has published its white...

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DARBOE SAYS BARROW’S ALLIANCE WITH APRC WAS KEY IN HIS BREAKUP WITH HIM

Barrow leads UTG’s largest convocation as 1,633 graduate

Bensouda says UMC will be Gambia’s biggest ‘party’ by September

Coalition Task Force says its making ‘significant’ step towards a united opposition

It’s a good thing UTG has graduated over 1,600, but…

Barrow’s third term bid: The elephant in the room of Gambia’s TJ process

Who gets on the voter roll?

For Mali’s survival: Relinquish power, restore civilian democracy, renew multilateralism now

The vanishing custodians of accountability: How the NAO and the National Assembly abdicated their sacred...

Minister of Finance commends GRA for outstanding 2025 performance

Echoes of Fulladu 3: What We Carry Home

Eulogy for Mr Moussa Bala Gaye

ECOWAS AMBASSADOR CHARGES ECOMIG WITH SECURING GAMBIA’S ELECTIONS

AFCON 2025: QUARTER-FINALS SET FOR FIERCE BATTLES WITH TEAMS BOASTING 22 TITLES BETWEEN THEM

NAM writes to Interior Minister on rising menace of street gambling

Spain to continue circular migration with Gambia despite absconding

British International School opens junior section

Gambia prepares to host international sports press congress

Tomorrow is D-Day in Kaiaf and Bantanjang

The Caracas abduction: State terrorism, the crisis of international law, and the inevitable reckoning

Smuggling networks can be prosecuted under Gambian law even as a critical legal gap remains

QUARTER FINALS IN AFCON 2025

2025: An anti-climax for governance, democracy in Africa

An exultant tribute to GRA’s monumental achievement and a visionary call to national partnership

A nation on edge: Leadership, opposition, and the future of The Gambia

Venezuela and the long shadow of western imperialism

The menace of the “Backway” movement

Commending GRA’s renewed drive for national development

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