LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: Essa treated Halifa’s ideas with every disdain and no wonder...
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...
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
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...
President Barrow and the NPP-led coalition won the psychology of the race but…
As the Gambia heads for presidential elections on December 4th, we should evaluate which factors could potentially impact voter behavior.
Demographic-based alignments should be openly accepted as the...
Exposing Falsehoods and Bigotry
By Madi Jobarteh
More importantly, if a person is appointed in a position why would his or her ethnicity count as the basis of that appointment? If we...
2021 Presidential Elections: Five Unfulfilled Promises That Voters Should Consider
Nominations for the presidency have now been completed and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has produced a list of those who have made the cut. Successful candidates...
President Barrow will welcome any disqualified candidate to join the NPP and win along...
Now that the die is cast with only 6 presidential candidates endorsed by the IEC, Gambians can now be rest assured that President Adama Barrow will have...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: IEC has granted my wish… Father and son must be...
It would have been a shame if the IEC had rejected UDP leader Darboe’s nomination. The election would have been a boring, lifeless event.
When Momodou Sabally marched...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: Crowd is the most important thing in this election… Any...
The also-rans in this election is becoming clear. It’s only a matter of time before they’re honest with themselves and coming out to tell citizens they do...
GDC Must be Aware of its Responsibilities
By Madi Jobarteh
Following its nomination today, GDC went ahead to hold a rally at Buffer Zone in Talinding where they gave the Tinpot Dictator Yaya Jammeh the...
December 4, 2021: What it Means to The Gambia, and For Gambians
By Lamin HAN Mbye
The December 4th Presidential Election is a turning point for The Gambia. It determines whether Gambians are eager to make a ‘Turn Around’ from...
Darboe’s Disingenuous Documentary: The Pressing Case for Better Leadership
By Sainey Darboe
In what constitutes a clearly desperate and poorly executed attempt at image-laundering,UDP recently put out a documentary on the life and times of its perennial...
Gambia’s marble-ballot system and its looming challenges
By Amara Thoronka
Though it may sound archaic to nationals of many countries which swapped from marble ballots to paper ballots half a century ago or even older,...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: I feel sorry for Sheikh Tijan Hydara… He put his...
It doesn’t take much to understand Jammeh is looking for someone to use to get out of the pit he currently is in. Jammeh wants to break...
The Betrayal of Mamma Kandeh and GDC
By Madi Jobarteh
From today my sympathies for GDC as a party has reduced to minus zero because of their unconscionable and unpatriotic alliance with a faction of...
Jammeh’s address – a death knell for the APRC?
By D. A. Jawo
The biggest topic of discussion this past week had no doubt been the much anticipated address by former President Yahya Jammeh to his embattled...
Could the Bilal Tragedy Been Avoided?
By DA Jawo
The tragedy that stroke Bilal Boarding School in Yundum which led to the death of at least five young students and injury to several others...
#NeverAgain and the Ministry of Justice Press Release
On 15 October 2018, Pres. Adama Barrow launched the TRRC. In his launching statement, he said, “the TRRC was born out of the aspirations of a people...
OPINION: Fabakary Tombong Jatta and Team Should Accept Their Public Firing…
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh
Bottom line is: Fabakary Tombong Jatta and Co in the erstwhile APRC Executive were nothing without Yahya Jammeh. They enjoyed their public profile/ status...
Jammeh’s Rejection of NPP/APRC Alliance Is Good News for President Barrow
By Muhammed W. Touray
When Alagie Kijera, The Netherlands-based former president of Barrow Fans Club rejected the NPP/APRC alliance on moral grounds and left NPP in protest, he...
