GAMBIA: The Issuance of Diplomatic Passports
ANALYSIS - The recent spat of rash appointments within the Gambia's Foreign Ministry continues to raise eyebrows and debate amongst the diaspora & Foreign Policy circles seeking...
Speaker Mariam Denton, Pull Down the President’s Picture from the National Assembly Building!
By Madi Jobarteh
I hereby to call on the Speaker Mariam Denton and her deputy Momodou K Sanneh together with the Majority Leader Kebba K Barrow and the...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Albeit today is a bank holiday, I cannot afford not to register my association with the many Gambians who cherished the convening of your first cabinet. What...
ODE TO A GAMBIAN HERO, EBRIMA (SOLO) SANDENG
By Tukulor Sey
I can't believe it's been a year since Yahya Jammeh took your life simply because you exercised your right to protest, demanding electoral reform. Oh...
GAMBIA – THE NEED FOR SERIOUS LEGAL REFORM
Now that politics is over and a new executive and a National Assembly are installed, I wish to prevail on our country's new leaders to take up...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Wonders shall never end. In life come moments when one is compelled to face his past. Some take a step back to reflect and draw lessons to...
REFLECTIONS ON THE GAMBIA FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
To: The Relevant Authorities
I would like first and foremost to congratulate the President and the new government for the resounding a victory during the December 1, 2016, President...
I Put It To Fabakary Tombong Jatta that He Committed Treason!
By Madi Jobarteh
Finally Fabakary Tombong Jatta has broken silence with the intention to change the narrative by seeking to distort facts and reality in order to cleanse...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
The political campaign has now been buried with the declaration of results. Time for work began ticking. I must admit the inauguration of the NAM radiated soothing...
Enabling minority voices for diverse representation in Parliament
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Mahatma Gandhi had once said, to judge how civilized a nation is, just look at how it treats its own minorities. Going by this...
WORDS MATTER 2 – “Lawyer Darboe Has Taken Over The Country”
I begin by congratulating Gambians for successfully taking another step towards bringing our country back, this time electing national assembly members to serve as the legislative branch...
Commemorating April 10 and 11
RELEASE THE April 10 & 11 COMMISSION REPORT!
Soon after shooting to death of scores of Gambian children on 10 and 11 April 2000 on the orders of...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Marie Njie, one of Gambia's finest young female activists noted, "When actions and votes are based on potential to profit individuals and/or tribes at the expense of...
Open Letter to Chief Servant Adama Barrow Re: We Need a Non-Partisan Speaker of...
Mr. President,
With a deep sense of humility and patriotism, I write to you on a subject of high importance to our country, which is the nomination of...
We need a Post Election Statement from Pres. Adama Barrow
By Madi Jobarteh
April 6 is without doubt a major historic milestone in the life of the Gambia for both for the conduct of the election and its...
Democracy Has Now Started in the Gambia!
April 6 shall go down in our history as the beginning of democracy even with the sadness that only three women have been elected. For the first...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Today is another historic day for Gambia as her resilient children voted to fortify her new found freedom and democracy. Firstly, I extend my profound congratulations to...
THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTIONS?
On December 1st, 2016, Gambians went to the polls and democratically removed a 22 year autocratic, repressive and entrenched dictator through the ballot box. Despite months of...
The hypocrisy of party politics
By Solomon Demba
Democracy can be seen as the only political system compatible with liberal democracies. In a proper functioning democracy, political parties tend to embrace both internal...
The Gambia: Seven Decades of Economic Development Part 1 1950 – 1959
Sheriff Kora
Introduction
Timothy Snyder in his epic work On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons of the Twentieth Century
remarked that “If young people do not begin to make history, politicians of...