A Year On: What’s the Direction of Barrow’s Ark?
A few days ago, Gambia’s new leader finally landed in Banjul a year after his dramatic accession to the throne following a political tsunami that had a...
Protest of discrimination
By Ebrima Nyang
What happened to George Floyd and Lamin Ceesay is a sad story that no one wishes to happen because they both deserve to live like...
Protecting the Integrity, Legitimacy and Citizen Ownership of the Final Draft Constitution
The only reason why NAMs shouldn’t change anything in the Final Draft Constitution is to avoid partisan capture of the document. That is, to make changes that...
The Gambia – GRA SCANDAL 2.0
Dear Mr Sallah,
Honourable Member of Parliament
You may have been aware that the Managing Director of GRA, Yankuba Darboe, recently presented Two (2) brand new cars to President...
“We Need More Muhammed Jahs In Africa” President Koroma
By Omar Wally
The President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma has said that Africa needs more entrepreneurs like Muhammed Jah to inspire youth to become entrepreneurs. “Africa...
Gambia Celebrates Jammeh’s Downfall
By Omar Wally
Tens of thousands of Gambians on Saturday, December 2, 2017, celebrated the downfall of former President Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the country for over 22...
African Entrepreneurs to converge for largest entrepreneurs’ forum
Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropic organisation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has announced October 25, 2018, as the date for its 4thannual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum.
The largest gathering of...
Premature Celebration for Gambia’s FGM Ban
The Gambia was thrust into the spotlight this week after the country’s longtime president, Yahya Jammeh, announced a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). This pronouncement surprised...
Lang Conteh Was Right About Amadou Samba’s Participation In Kairaba Sales-Says M A...
By Fatou Sowe
Momodou Lamin Sonko, Country Coordinator for MA Kharafi and Sons was on Monday asked the Janneh Commission to clarify the controversial acquisition of Kairaba Beach...
Full text of Ambassador Ismail Sefa Yuceer’s Turkey National Day Speech
Your Excellency Madam Vice President,
Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly,
Honourable Chief Justice,
Honorable Ministers,
Honourable Secretary General,
Your Excellency Ambassadors,
Members of the Diplomatic Community
Distinguished Members of Press
Dear Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen,
All...
The Police Again!
By DA Jawo
Most Gambians had assumed that with the bad image that the police had acquired during the Jammeh regime and all the noise about Security Sector...
Beyond 75: our promise to every child
By Gordon Jonathan Lewis, UNICEF Gambia Representative
Seventy-five years ago today, the world came together to create the UN children’s agency to support and secure the lives of...
Time to Boycott the Daily Observer! NOW!!
After 22 years of direct and severe harassment of the media by the APRC regime, it is utterly callous of any media house and journalist in the...
Missteps, Missed Opportunities and High-Voltage Politics
By Famara Fofana
Almost five years since Gambians saw the back of Yayha Jammeh, the initial optimism and euphoria that had swirled through the nation feels like a...
The Gambia is not a democracy. It is a tyranny. The evidence is clear.
The incidence of arbitrary arrests, detention and enforced disappearance and killings by the State under Yaya Jammeh is a clear testimony that the country is not run...
A catalyst for national development: Solving Gambia’s acute sport funding
On May 16, 2019, the Gambia’s public utilities regulatory body, PURA, announced the introduction of a new telecommunications sector levy earmarked for the development of sports. This,...
Break the “Yaabaateh”: That EU Campaign is Immoral
The Gambia is a land of pristine beauty neatly carved into two for a zigzagging river pouring crystal clear water from the Atlantic Ocean. A nation and...
Congolese police detain journalists, seize equipment at Kinshasa TV studio
BY CPJ
Goma, August, 1, 2018--Congolese police raided the privately owned television production studio Kin Lartus, detained at least 10 of the studio’s journalists, and seized equipment, according to...
Gov’t Assures Journalists of Press Freedom
The Gambia government has assured members of the media that it remains committed to the idea of a free media environment.
“The promotion of an enabling legal environment...
EFSTH Has New Chief Medical Director
Professor Khalil is relieved of his duties as chief medical director of the country’s main referral hospital. Perhaps, the only true professor in the country. The man,...
