Barrow and Darboe
If you are confused and angry about Brexit, then why you don’t try Gambian politics instead? The power struggle between President Barrow and his former deputy Lawyer...
The other side
With all honesty Barrow did his best with his UDP family. We all saw how posts were divvied up in 2017. He willingly or unwillingly left out...
First Dispatch from The Gambia: “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
First Dispatch from The Gambia: “The Fierce Urgency of Now”
A Country Longing For a Better Moses, For a Better Mandela, and For a Better Polity
My last...
Zeroes And Heroes-TRRC Witness Awards
By Sana Sarr
We have gone through 2 sessions of sittings for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. The testimonies have brought us some truth and some lies,...
Is UDP to be Blamed for Barrow turning into an Inept ‘Political Animal’
The Gambia has been dealt with a heavy hand in the arena of leadership. After a feckless, corrupt 30-year rule of President Jawara, under the patronage of...
A Nation En-route to discovering truth and justice; but some want it quick and...
The argument that there is no shortcut to justice is valid but it has been challenged by those critics of ‘plea bargaining’ who see the practice as...
Major Misstep at the TRRC – Beautiful yet Wrong!
By Sana Sarr
Prior to the beginning of sittings, there was much skepticism about the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). Was it a good idea for our...
‘A Date with Destiny’ by Demba Ali Jawo
Book Review
Launching Ceremony Saturday 23 March 2019, Paradise Suites Hotel, Kololi
By: Madi Jobarteh
Salutations
It is said that a person, in writing about himself or herself, writes about his...
Gambia at crossroads?
Hmm ?. Don’t think so. it could be a mirage. I remember OJ Garmeh Jallow being let go, NO crossroads! Tambajang Jallow, Same fate, NO crossroads! Super...
The Honourable Ya Kumba Jaiteh and the Imperative of Executive Adherence to Legality
By Lamin J. Darbo
With mounting interest I follow the debate on whether there is authorisation under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (“the Constitution”)...
On the Paradox of Self-Regulation: Letter to the Minister of Information
Honourable Minister,
I am not a fan of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz. In fact, in the clash of the titans between him and then IMF Research Chief, ...
Call it Self-Sabotage: How Gambian Journalists are Jeopardising their own Freedom
Call it the absurdity of the year! The Gambia’s press corps has been yearning for freedom of operation for decades and one would only assume that once...
Bold Barrow’s Sacking of Dinosaur Darboe Signal’s Putting Country Before Party
It all had the ring of a soviet coup, political machinations of the Politburo, the death hand of courter comitas and perfect plot of backroom operators. If...
The Masses Are The Most Reliable Protection And Power Behind Our Revolution: Not GNA,...
By: Ousainou Mbenga
From the Gambian front of the African revolution, we want to inform President Adama Barrow that his braggadocious claim of being more powerful than Jammeh...
The Recent Supreme Court of the Gambia (SCoTG) Interim Ruling: A Dreadful Judicial Precedent
By Pa Louis Sambou Sunday, 17thMarch 2019
Since the coining of the phrase ‘New Gambia’ and its widespread use to reference this post Jammeh era, one could be...
Shock as GPU president assaults fellow journalist
By Molefa Touray
Thousands of viewers at home and abroad were thrown into a major shock when Sheriff Junior, the president of Gambia Press Union verbally assaulted Lamin...
Beware the Ides of March – Winners and Losers
By Sana Sarr
Friday, March 15, will now be a memorable day in the history of Gambian politics. In Caesar’s Rome, it’s the day the soothsayer warned Julius...
Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft BANNED from UK airspace after Ethiopia crash
Boeing 737 aircraft jets have been banned from UK airspace following the Ethiopia crash which killed all 149 people on board.
Airlines TUI and Norwegian Air are amongst...
Will Pres. Barrow Salvage Himself or Not? That’s the Question before the President
By: Madi Jobarteh
It is not only dangerous for a President but also for a country to have widespread public disillusionment with his government! So far the level...
H. E. Fatima Maada Bio receives Warrior Award in California, USA
First Lady Fatima Maada Bio, was honoured with the Warrior Award at the International Women of Power Luncheon in California, U.S.A. The award was presented to Her...
