On February 8th, 2018, The Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after having been apart from it for 5 years. Although it had originally joined in 1965, the move to rejoin was a full year in-the-making as the plan began in February 2017 before the formal re-application was filed on January 22, 2018. The application

On Thursday April 6, 2017, Parliamentary Elections took place in The Gambia. These were the first National Assembly Elections to take place since the Presidential Election in December of 2016 when Gambians voted in new President Adama Barrow to lead the West African nation. The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Alieu Momarr Njai

The Gambia and the IEC know a thing or two about sustainable voter registration. It is one of the few countries in Africa to do BVR right the first time. The IEC is now registering another 300,000 new voters using the tried, tested and trusted ESI BVR system. By sticking with a system that worked