HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Cost of Living....
Mr President... the Ramadan is just around the corner and many have begun preparations for this sacred, but expensive month. It is clear that when...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Job Creation....
It is heartening to read in the local newspapers and online media that you successfully held your first work retreat with the various ministers in the...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
The weekend was overwhelming. I raised some fitting questions and the reactions were daunting. Generally, almost everyone, even your sceptics, wish you well and want you to...
Reinventing robust state civil service rule and political class reigns
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
For a country to have an efficient civil service, it must have a limited number of appointed ministers. The civil serviceneeds huge numbers of staffto provide effective services...
JSDA demands justice for fallen brothers of Sittanunku village
The JerrehSittanunku Development Association (JSDA) wishes to register its solidarity with the families of all victims of Sittanunkuorigin concerning thebrutality and injustices that they have been subjected...
To Ensure Its Democratic Transition, Gambia Will Need Justice—and Reconciliation
By Jeffrey Smith, David Rice
In December 2016, the people of Gambia elected an opposition presidential candidate for the first time in the country’s history. The outcome caught virtually...
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARROW: MULLAHISM (MUSLIM MILITANCY) IS A THREAT TO THE NATIONAL...
Mr. President, the peace and the mercy and the blessings of God be upon you.
Mr. President, I am writing this letter to you, and through you the...
PILGRIMS OF PAIN (GAMBIA! NO PROBLEM )
_(inspired by a dinner with the Gambian delegation who came to study the post war transitional Justice system in Sierra Leone)_
_“In what tense do we_ _conjugate healing...
Pres. Adama Barrow, Look Towards Pres. John Mugufuli of Tanzania!
By Madi Jobarteh
In today’s Africa, the only president that is showing the right leadership and compassion for his people is the Chief Servant of Tanzania John Mugufuli....
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...
Fiscal Discipline and Government Travels
One of the best policies that Barrow can create which could also become one of his best legacies is to re-activate or institutionalize fiscal discipline, transparency and...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
The deafening noise. Meandering through Gambian social media, my heart crashed on the floor. And guess what? I couldn't be bothered to pick it up. Instead, I...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Wait a minute. Watching reality unveils in Banjul, I am charged to observe with an eagle's eye, listen keenly, analyse impartially and share honestly and adequately. Like...
Our Republic and Its Press Will Rise or Fall Together
By Madi Jobarteh
Wednesday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. This Day was delivered to the world by African journalists when they met in Windhoek, Namibia from...
Repeal and replace 2013 Amendment Information and Communication Act
by Alagi Yorro Jallow
‘Criminalizing Internet Libel’& Laws ‘Giving false Information to Public Official’- Honorable D.A. Jawo
The world has changed and is changing. It has become smaller. Communications...
The Reality of Gambia’s Democracy: A Dominant Political Force Demands an Effective Opposition
Written by Solomon Demba
The outcome of the recent parliamentary election is ringing endorsement of the UDP as a dominant political force. The key challenge for our new democracy now is...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Surrogates who were grafted to man-mark your online sceptics hoped they could sandbag the looming impatience flood rising against you and the #GambiaHasDecided rainbow government only to...
100 Days of the Coalition. Grade: D
By Madi Jobarteh
Since the APRC NAMs amended Section 48(3) of the Constitution in 2003 to make simple majority or first-past-the-post the rule for winning elections, it became...
Measuring President Barrow’s first 100 days
Today marks one 100 days since the coalition government took over the reign of power in Banjul. In assessing the significance of that, we take a critical...
Gambia: Progress in first 100 days of Barrow government requires major reform to break...
Amnesty International, Press Statement
• 100 days into President Barrow’s rule, Amnesty International presents a human rights agenda for the country
• Commitment to International Criminal Court and release...
