An expired ID is not the document you want making headlines when you’re running for president. Yet that’s what retired Major Alieu Sowe brought to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as he submitted his nomination papers for The Gambia’s December 5, 2026 election. Sowe insisted...

There are political conversions, and then there is Essa Faal joining the NPP. For years, the APP-Sobeya leader painted the ruling party as a crowded getaway car driven by “thieves and corrupt people.” He portrayed its members as desperate individuals clinging to power for survival...