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Dr. Omar Sambou Says Barrow Will Lose Despite Large Rally Crowds
Dr. Omar Malmo Sambou
By Seedy Jobe
Prominent Gambian environmental scientist, academic, and activist Dr. Omar Malmo Sambou has argued that President Adama Barrow will lose the December presidential election, dismissing large…
GMP Joins NPP Alliance Hours After Withdrawing From Coalition 2026
Professor Sidat Yaffa
By Seedy Jobe
The leader of the Gambia Movement for Progress (GMP), Professor Sidat Yaffa, announced on Monday that his party had joined an alliance with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), hours after…
NDP Leader Urges Gambian Youths to Distinguish Between ‘Deceivers’ and Genuine Leaders
Kebba Madi Bojang, NDP
By Seedy Jobe
Kebba Madi Bojang, leader of the National Democratic Party, has urged young Gambians to scrutinize political leaders carefully and distinguish between those he described as seeking to…
Barrow Welcomes Essa Faal Into Ruling Alliance, Declares December Election ‘Already Won’
President Adama Barrow
By Makutu Manneh
President Adama Barrow on Sunday formally welcomed Essa Mbye Faal, the leader of APP-Sobeyaa and one of his former political critics, into the governing National People’s Party-led…
Barrow Renews Call for Darboe to Join Alliance, Says He Wants Unopposed Election
President Adama Barrow
By Makutu Manneh
President Adama Barrow on Sunday renewed his appeal to United Democratic Party leader Ousainu Darboe to join his political alliance, saying such a move would allow him to run unopposed in…
Faal Says Criticism of Barrow Was Political, Not Personal, as He Joins NPP Alliance
Essa Faal at the signing ceremony
By Makutu Manneh
Essa Mbye Faal, the leader of APP-Sobeyaa, said Sunday that his past criticism of President Adama Barrow was rooted in his responsibilities as an opposition politician, not…