With just four months to go before it leaves office, the outgoing Gambia Football Federation (GFF) leadership, romantically called Team- Kaba, is not leaving anything to chances.

Confirmed sources told The Standard that it has started a process to back a candidate from its rank to contest for president in the elections in August.

According to a senior sour...

By Dr Jimmy Hendry Nzally

From 9–11 April 2026, scholars from across the world convened in Lisbon, Portugal, for the international congress on Tourism and Colonial Heritage: The Re-encounter of Cultures, hosted at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon. The gathering brought together academics, researchers, and practitioners to crit...

By Rtd Lt Colonel Samsudeen Sarr

The fragile flicker of hope that briefly emerged from the ceasefire initiative between the United States and Iran, brokered by Pakistan, has now almost entirely faded into uncertainty. The talks held in Islamabad under the stewardship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, once anticipated as a potential turning point, ha...

By Ambassador Abdoulie M Touray

A nation rising through enterprise
Small is beautiful. Think BIG. Believe in The Gambia. In the evolving story of The Gambia’s economic transformation, one truth is becoming increasingly evident: the engine of growth lies in the hands of its entrepreneurs.

From small, modest beginnings ac...

By Musa Basadi Jawara

The brutal war in the Gulf has laid bare the stark realities of a region long plagued by authoritarianism, corruption, and inequality. As the world grapples with the aftermath, it’s imperative to envision a new Middle East, one where democracy, justice, and the rule of law reign supreme.

The Shajareh Tayyebeh girls el...