State House flip flops on wording of supposed Cabinet

January 21, 2022 The proverbial tale of unforgivable gaffes have returned; even as the President’s office is supposed to ditch it’s old ways in the bins as Gambians warm up for Barrow’s... Read more »

Editorial: How ready is Barrow to reconcile Gambians?

January 21, 2022 President Adama Barrow is poised to lead genuine efforts for national convalescence!That, if his inaugural speech was to be taken on face value. The President’s speech was conciliatory in... Read more »

The IEC set April 9th for the National Assembly election

January 19, 2022 The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), in the exercise of its mandate under section 96 of the Constitution of The Gambia and Section 40 of the Elections Act, wishes to... Read more »

IEC Chairperson Calls for Change of Voting System to Paper Ballots

By Yusef Taylor January 19, 2022 The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission has alerted National Assembly Members to approve a Bill which will add five Diaspora Constituencies and change the voting system from... Read more »

KMC Mayor will attend President Barrow’s swearing-in if invited

 By M. Justice Darboe January 19, 2022 In what could be described as shifting balance of interest or courtship between the NPP and the main opposition party following the Supreme Court’s decision... Read more »

Who will remain in Barrow’s new era?

News Desk January 19, 2022 As the president is all but set to assume a fresh mandate, Gambians expect him to deliver, and improve their living conditions better than what they had... Read more »

DA Jawo, Dr Cernu Barry and Madi Jobarteh “Foreigners Voting” Debate Rages on

By Yusef Taylor, @FlexDan_YT January 13, 2020 It started with “A Piece of Advice to President-elect Barrow” published on social media by the former Minister of Information Demba Ali Jawo. However, it... Read more »

Editorial: Why Are Coups Still Fashionable in Africa?

January 12, 2022 Battlelines have been drawn between the military junta in Mali and the West Africa sub-regional grouping- Ecowas. Mali’s junta has apparently tracked off it´s transitional path and has asked... Read more »

President Barrow’s image maker mute on NPP’s family feud

National People´s Party (NPP) executive member Seedy Njie was unreceptive when contacted by The Progress Newspaper to shed light on reports the party’s executives were finding it tough to meet President Adama... Read more »

Editorial: Should Senegal use Gambia as springboard for its timber war?

January 27, 2022 The villagers at the epicenter of the Monday gun battle between the Senegalese contingent of the Ecowas Military Intervention in the Gambia (Ecomig) and separatists in the southern Senegalese... Read more »