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There comes a point when a government’s failures can no longer be dismissed as temporary challenges, technical difficulties or inherited problems. For many Gambians, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. Across the country, prolonged electricity blackouts are disrupting businesses, households, education and healthcare. Families are losing food and electrical goods, businesses are losing income, and students are struggling to study. Yet while citizens struggle wi

National Unity Party (NUP) Party Leader, Secretary General and Standard Bearer Dr. Lamin J. Darbo has condemned what he described as “reckless” and divisive remarks made by Imam Daaru Sanyang in an audio recording currently circulating on social media. In a solidarity statement dated 27 August 2026, Dr. Darbo said he had taken note of an audio recording attributed to Imam Sanyang in which the imam allegedly called on Kanifing Municipal Council Lord Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda,

The photo below shows the road corridor running through central Gunjur, from the coastal road around Gunjur Lower Basic School, through the Gunjur market, and connecting to the Gunjur–Brikama Road. The current state of road running through central Gunjur. | Photo credit: Hatab Jobe The construction of this vital road was announced several years ago by the Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Works. Earlier this year, there was renewed hope when construction equipm

The relay still signs. Part Two found it in the state's own record: the seyfo and the alkalo administer the land the state claims ownership of, and no transfer of it moves without their mark. The office that endorsed the Kombo Coastal Belt leases in 1970 endorses transfers today. It never stopped. Part One asked by what right the state claims the land. This essay asks the narrower question, the one that falls on the men whose mark moves the land. By what authority was their

By Dave Manneh, Securing Futures: Land Rights Action Collaborative (SFLRAC) August 10, 2026 On 22 and 23 July, at the DPPH hall on Marina Parade in Banjul, the Ministry of Lands convened a workshop on the legal review of The Gambia's land tenure and land administration laws. The consultant leading the review set out its purpose from the front of the room. The task, the slides said, is to 'harmonise and modernise' the statutes that govern land in The Gambia. Fragmentation acro

The APeX Secretariat has announced the conclusion of more than 18 months of coalition-building negotiations involving several opposition political parties and movements, culminating in the proposed formation of a new political coalition named CHANGE. According to a press statement issued on Sunday, 9 August, the coalition’s official name is CHANGE — Coalition for Hope, Accountability, National-renewal, Good-governance, and Equity. The negotiations facilitated by APeX involved

Carnegie Minerals has signalled its intention to resume legal efforts to enforce an unpaid international arbitration award against the Government of The Gambia, according to correspondence seen by Gunjur Online. In an email copied to Gunjur Online, Ty Ludbrook, Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer of Atlas Assets, informed Minister of Finance Seedy Keita that he had been advised Carnegie Minerals would restart proceedings in the English High Court to seek recogniti

Here is the uncomfortable truth about coalitions: they are rarely built on friendship. They are built on arithmetic. UDP is not my political home. I do not support the party, and I am unlikely to support it in the future. That is precisely why I think this deserves to be said without partisan emotion. If UDP has walked away from the coalition talks because it refuses to surrender leadership, I think the party may have made the right calculation. Consider what we often miss wh

Legal Notice 2 of 1994, made under section 5(1) of the State Lands Act, carries two operative sentences and a schedule of boundaries. The second designates Kombo North, Kombo South and Kombo Central as State lands with effect from the first day of March 1994. It recites no purchase, no conquest, no inheritance and no consent. One page in the Gazette, and three districts changed landlords on paper. Part One set down the premise and its proof: the state asserted title to the la

Supporters of Mr. Edi M.O. Faal keep producing academic and professional credentials. We hear about degrees, bars admitted, 44 years of practice, ICSID filings, and international consulting. Those credentials are not the issue. Since this nomination surfaced, not one supporter has brought forward his judicial philosophy. Not one has cited his books. Not one has produced his articles in major legal and judiciary journals. A résumé is not jurisprudence. The Supreme Court does n

For the sake of GALA’s cause not the man — Omar Saibo Camara must resign ASAP

In a strong demonstration of leadership and commitment to improving environmental sanitation, Brikama Area Council (BAC) Chairman Yankuba Darboe joined council workers and members of the Gunjur Village Development Committee (VDC) in a major clean-up exercise at the Gunjur dumpsite. The exercise focused on clearing the large volume of accumulated waste from the site and transporting it to Tambana for proper disposal. The initiative forms part of ongoing efforts to address the

In The Gambia, outrage is dead. Accountability is buried. Who benefits while workers starve? President Adama Barrow can run for reelection one million times if he wants. The constitution today places no hard limit on his ambition. But the Gambian political environment teaches a different lesson. In Kerewan, a worker’s monthly wage dies by day ten. In Fajara, what many describe as the “mother of all residential estates” rises from the ground, built by a man who once lived in a

Pa Janneh has called on the citizenry to make informed decision at the polls in December elections for a better life. Speaking during a courtesy call by UNITE Kombo South Chairman, Momodou Semega Janneh, he postulated: “Why are they going on campaign deceiving people with promises they can’t fulfill? They need your votes. Why don’t they sit in their houses in the hope Allah will put them there. They use religion to mislead people. They should sit in their houses . If you do

For almost a decade, the people of Gunjur have lived alongside the Golden Lead fishmeal factory. What was initially welcomed as an investment that promised jobs, infrastructure and economic opportunities has instead become one of the most divisive industrial developments in our community’s history. Golden Lead Fishmeal factory on the Gunjur Coastline Today, it is fair to ask a simple but important question: 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫

This essay is a scholarly research I conducted. It is merit-based and reflects my personal philosophical argument on the standards required for the Office of Chief Justice in a post-autocratic Gambia. My hope is that legal scholars in this country do not feel bamboozled or intimidated by criticism. This is the moment to set the record right. Constitutional recovery demands open debate, evidence, and principle. This is my contribution to that debate. Gambia’s incoming Chief Ju

The Gambia has been ranked 131st out of 180 countries in the Nature Conservation Index (NCI) 2025, achieving an overall score of 51.1, according to the newly released global assessment of countries’ efforts to protect and manage their natural environments. Despite its overall ranking, the country recorded a remarkable achievement by ranking first in the world for the ecological representativeness of its terrestrial protected areas. This means that The Gambia’s protected lands

The Brikama Area Council (BAC) has approved the inclusion of Alkalolu and Seyfolu in the mobilisation of value property rate revenue as part of efforts to strengthen local revenue collection and improve collaboration between the Council and traditional authorities. The resolution was adopted during the Council’s Monthly General Sitting held on 16 June 2026 following a recommendation from the Finance Sub-Committee. Council members endorsed the proposal to enhance the efficienc

The Government of The Gambia has officially signed the Mombasa Declaration for Fisheries Transparency, marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability, and sustainable management of its fisheries resources. The declaration was signed during the 11th Ocean Conference held in Mombasa, Kenya, by the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters. The move underscores The Gambia’s commitment to improving fi

Vertigo in Dakar: Musa Bassadi Jawara Chronicles Ousmane Sonko’s Vacillations — A Study in Astonishment and Amusement By Musa Bassadi Jawara Economist & Author For two years, a digital militia armed with insults, not arguments, has besmirched _Bintou’s Point Kerewan_ and its author for daring to tell an uncomfortable truth: that demagoguery is not governance, that slogans are not statecraft, and that Ousmane Sonko’s inexperienced cabal at the helm in Dakar would collide with