As we head into the 2026 presidential election period, there is general agreement that the Barrow administration is inept and continues to poorly manage the affairs of The Gambia with exceedingly high prices, high unemployment rates and failure across the board exacerbated by inadequate or dysfunctional institutions, and rampant corruption. As an incumbent, which is… Continue reading The debate on winnability
New ideas can be exciting; they fuel enthusiasm especially when there is a need for change. But change always meets resistance leading to the emergence of factions. When the initial enthusiasm dies down and the real work of marching towards that change begins, the challenges reveal themselves. Not unlike more advanced democracies like the US… Continue reading Can unity be achieved ahead of 2026
As the Gambia's largest opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP) is set to conclude its ongoing process to select a candidate as flagbearer for the upcoming presidential elections in 2026, all eyes are on the party and who they would unveil as flag bearer. As we write this article, three people have emerged as… Continue reading The UDP flagbearer – When reverence and loyalty clash with popularity and ambition
Are Gambian voters moved by issues? Sir Dawda K. Jawara In July 1986, a new political party; the People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) hit the political stands of The Gambia. By this date, The Gambia had been independent from British colonial rule for just over two decades. Since the country became independent… Continue reading Buildup to 2026
...will Gambians yield to bigotry or stand up unified against it and celebrate our diversity in cultural values, or will we give it a pass and open the floodgates to irreversible animosity whose ultimate end will be catastrophic for all.
Immediately following a widely distributed clip of a Senegalese journalist’s interview, which was also published in local newspapers, the Gambia government came out swiftly to debunk claims made by the journalist in that interview. In a sit down interview with Senegalese journalists about his upcoming piece, Mr. Pape Sané, himself a Senegalese journalist, claimed that… Continue reading Adama Barrow’s weird relationship with Yaya Jammeh and APRC
In July 2018, President Adama Barrow made the following pronouncements in Essau; “Discussions have reached advanced stage to construct a bridge over Banjul-Barra crossing that would last fifty years. The foundation stone will be laid in 2019 and works will take four years to complete.” (State House, The Gambia, 2018) In the same meeting, he… Continue reading Watching disaster unfold in slow motion
Mankajang 