Friday, April 19, 2024

LAMIN NJIE – Opinion: Essa Faal is not so popular after all. A dismal...

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Essa got a little over-confident when going into this. He thought his new-found fame that came by the grace of the TRRC would translate into votes. He...

President-elect Adama Barrow: The Political Enigma In Chief: The unexpected and Ingenious Strategy of...

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Alagi Yorro Jallow Part I Fatoumatta: The 2021 presidential elections have finally come and gone. The fever-pitched atmosphere that characterized and inundated the polity pre-election has been doused by...

International Human Rights Day 2021: Long Road for The Gambia

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Today marks International Human Rights Day dedicated to the promotion of human rights awareness and protection in celebration of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)....

Why UDP lost the 2021 presidential election

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By Dr Ebrima Ceesay Late Joseph Goebbels, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, said something along these lines: repeating misinformation does not make it true, but it can...

Why did the Republicans (UDP) lose in the elections

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The UDP lost not because they aren't a commanding force but because they divorced the silent majority that they needed the most. The UDP lost not because they...

LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: If politics was religion, Halifa Sallah would be first to...

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The end has arrived for Halifa Sallah - he has announced he is retiring from representation. The PDOIS leader will not seek political office ever again. It’s actually...

UDP should stand down!

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By Madi Jobarteh The leadership of UDP need to ask their members to stand down and allow NPP to peacefully celebrate their victory. UDP should go to the courtroom...

LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: The two men who have impressed me most as field...

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If there are any political battlefield commanders who have done an incredible job for their parties in the lead up to this election, it’s Seedy Njie and...

Elections and the Origin of our Discontents

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As Gambians go to the polls in less than 72 hours, it’s hard to muster enthusiasm for any of the top candidates. Barrow is in the habit of...

AMBASSADOR RICHARD CARL PASCHALL – OpEd: Celebrating the Sound of Democracy

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These past few weeks, The Gambia has been filled with the sights and sounds of the embrace of democracy. All around, people are discussing the presidential election,...

Error-prone IEC Tainting Its Reputation to Conduct Free, Fair and Credible Elections

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By Dibba Chaku The Independent Electoral Commission being the referee responsible for conducting elections in The Gambia should drift away from being notorious for habitual errors and gravitate...

Is the UDP that desperate to accept the despicable Sidi Sanneh’s endorsement?

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Sidi Sanneh, the despondent Gambian octogenarian infamous for living a worthless and quarantined life in the USA has finally come out last night to endorse Lawyer Ousainou...

Pa Nderry Mbai: The Fall of An Icon

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By D. A. Jawo The Gambian journalism fraternity and indeed the whole country is mourning the sudden demise of Pa Nderry Mbai of Freedom newspaper, which news hit...

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission from My Vantage Point

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By Dibba Chaku The commencement of the public hearings of the TRRC marks a watershed in our history as Gambians and the world were eager to know the...

LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: IEC were arrogant and thought they’re untouchable – so it’s...

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IEC’s gamble with the law has backfired big time. In this Gambian day and age, you can’t go about breaking the law and think you will not...

Jammeh’s growing belligerence

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By Basidia M Drammeh Former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh is belligerently poking his nose in Gambia’s domestic politics, making hate speeches and promising his supporters that he will...

Presidential Debate Winners and Losers

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By Madi Jobarteh Special commendation to Commission on Political Debates (CPD) for hosting the first-ever true presidential debate because the debaters were indeed the actual candidates and not...

LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: Essa treated Halifa’s ideas with every disdain and no wonder...

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Tell a man who has been in a particular business before you’re born that his ideas are bad and you’re going to have a problem with him. Essa...

LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: Jammeh can give away anything but his arrogance… He can’t...

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Jammeh’s latest address is reassurance he can give away anything but his arrogance. Only death can make him part with that. The former dictator called again from his...

Win the Battle but Lose the War

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By Momodou Ndow You may win a contract, but you may be unsuccessful in the execution of the project. You can also win an election, but fail in...