KM: Two UDP mayoral aspirants form coalition
By Alieu Ceesay
Mustapha Touray and Musa Jammeh, both aspirants for the 2018 Mayoral election under the UDP party have formed a Coalition to rally support behind Mustapha...
Burundi warned after ex-President Buyoya arrest warrant
The African Union (AU) has warned Burundi against moves to jeopardise peace efforts after an international arrest warrant was issued for ex-leader Pierre Buyoya and 16 other...
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...
UDP Sweeps Local Gov’t Polls
By Omar Wally
United Democratic Party has emerged victorious in Thursday’s local council elections. 409 candidates drawn from nine parties and dozens of independent candidates contested for 120...
NPP Manifests Betrayal of the Republic by Both Barrow and Coalition Leaders!
The Gambia is a Republic hence it must be clear to all and sundry that each and every citizen is equal in sovereignty, rights and dignity. There...
A DEMI GOD, A NEW PROPHET, OR A LOUSY PARROT?
By Ousman Mbowe
It is rather amazing, yet astonishing that a human being who came into this world without any power, without any strength, being carried and moved...
In pursuit of justice: We must implement the recommendation of TRRC in issuance of...
Dear President Barrow,
I am writing to you about the Gambia and recent concluded TRRC, the Gambia where I was born, a place that I considered another home,...
‘VP Ousainou Darboe Cries At Meeting’
The Vice President of The Gambia and Party Leader of UDP, Ousainou Darboe has reportedly cried at the Party's Central Committee meeting held on Saturday, at Banjul.
"Today,...
President Barrow is clear about his priorities’’ – Tony Blair
State House, 11th September 2018 - After a closed-door meeting with His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, the Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change,...
Justice Minister Says He Did Not Recommend The Release Of Mr. Svein Åge Sandåker
I am learning with utter dismay reports circulating on social media that I recommended to the President for the exercise of his prerogative of mercy on one...
Gunman Robs Jah Oil Petrol Station In Brikama
A man armed with an AK47 gun has attacked the offices of Jah Oil Brikama Petrol Station and went away with almost D2 Millions Dalasi sources say.
According...
On Gambia’s Think Tank: hard-headed thinking needed to help everyday working Gambians
In his widely-acclaimed book entitled “ Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy, the redoubtable US scholar Derek Leebaert warned against public officials he described...
#Nadiran politics:
Gambia’s Political M.O. very disappointed seeing Hon Ousainou Darboe with MA Bah posing. Chaatans! What a blow. Wasn’t this the same MA Bah that traumatized Gambians during...
Avec Macky et Barrow: Alternance 2.0
Dear Sheriff,
It has been more than a full decade since you came up with the idea of an epistolary exchange between the two us while you sojourned...
Writer Accused GNPC Of Corruption; The Corporation Denies Allegations
A local supplier has written to The Fatu Network accusing The Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC) of serious corruption practices. Below, we produce the letter from the...
Gambia! Roll up your sleeves and stand in solidarity with our opposition
Yahya Jammeh understands his regime has left behind a well-documented record of corruptions, retiree benefits shriveled, state murders, thousands of youths that fled the country, angry victims,...
Could ‘KANILAI’ be Transformed into a Film Studio?
A young Gambian film maker studying Arts and film-making at a prestigious London university has come up with a novelty idea - To transform former Gambian dictator...
H. E. President Adama Barrow Appoints Government Spokesperson
Acting on the powers vested in him by the Gambian Constitution, H. E. Adama Barrow has appointed veteran Gambian journalist and publisher of the American-based online journal,...
HERE COMES THE RAINY SEASON AND SO ALSO IS THE “POTO-POTO”
By Famara Fofana
The rains are here again and the famerfolk are naturally brimming with optimism like a poised to receive manna from heaven. For them, this marks...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Being an inexperienced leadership in a young democracy minted from the debris of a very repressive dictatorship is the toughest, most delicate and often prone to derail...
