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  By: Dr. Assan Jallow I am left worried and concerned having heard the proposed submission made by the Hon. Minister of Finance before deputies at the National Assembly for scrutiny and possible adoption on the draft report of total…

Mr Lamin Dibba, the honourable minister of Environment, I am writing to you not as a former classmate or a friend but as a concern Gambian environmental advocate. I would like to take this opportunity to pray for your sound health, may…

The son and the daughter of the former Gambian president were both born in U.S. The U.S. State Department said former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family are now ineligible for entry into the United States.…

The fishing agreement with the European Union proposed by Gambian authorities risks rejection by lawmakers. Gambian lawmakers on Monday have asked the country’s fisheries minister James Gomez to hand over the proposed fishing agreement…

The 2019 budget of the Barrow Government indeed leaves one wondering if this government really understands what kind of society it has inherited, what conditions of life majority of Gambians live and what must be done to transform this…

This is the strongest statement Ousainou Darboe has made since the establishment of the Barrow Youth for National Development. The reelected leader and secretary general of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, said his party…

Knowing the role and importance of political parties in a multiparty democracy it is therefore no easy decision that the largest political party in the Gambia has decided to stand by democratic and human rights standards. The news that…

The UDP congress reelected its longstanding leader Ousainou Darboe as the secretary general and the leader of the party. Darboe went unopposed. The spokesperson of the United Democratic Party, Almamy Taal, has told Kerr Fatou that the…

The United Democratic Party has amended its constitution on Saturday banning public servants from holding positions in their national executive.   An adviser to President Adama Barrow and the former national youth president of the United…

The new amendments, according to United Democratic Party officials, seeks to bring the party’s constitution in line with the country’s laws The United Democratic Party has adopted a constitutional amendment barring public servants from…