Is The 1997 Constitution Of The Gambia Yaya Jammeh’s Constitution?
By Bubacarr Drammeh
The Gambia gained its independent from Great Britain on the 18th February 1965. It was not until 1970 that it became a Republic. The first...
Human rights and Justice: A revisit of Pinochet?
By Solomon Demba
To draw plausible conclusions as to whether justice would be served for alleged human rights abuses committed by state officers in the Second Republic, it...
THE LONG ROAD TO REBUILDING THE GAMBIAN NATION
By Alhagi T. S. Alieun Njie
Introduction
Developments since the crisis triggered by former President Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to relinquish the reins of government to the President-elect Adama Barrow,...
Position of international law on despots-turned asylum seekers: Case of Jammeh – OpEd
By Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
Under unremitting pressure from the regional bloc ECOWAS, the African Union and the UN, Gambian strongman Yahya Jammeh fled into exile in Equatorial Guinea. There...
Intellectual astigmatism
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Sometimes, self-criticism is necessary for us to make progress and what makes nations successful is the ability to find public policies and political institutions...
Yahya Jammeh and Africa’s “Strongman Syndrome”
By Sankara Kamara
Gambia has become the latest African country to be menaced by a well-known syndrome in African politics. I call it the “Strongman Syndrome” because of...
“NIA Name Change Is Unconstitutional” Writer Says
By Omar Jabang
Mr. President Barrow, in as much as we love and support you, that doesn't mean we will go to sleep and watch you unchecked. The...
All Gambians need to rebuild their country, even members of the old regime
By Sait Matty Jaw
Guardian Newspaper
How do countries with no history of political transitions survive one when it comes along? How will Gambians endure their transition from authoritarianism...
MR PRESIDENT GAMBIANS WILL HELP YOU LIFT AS WE RISE TOGETHER
By Basil Jones, PhD
Gambia is at the dawn of a new era. We need to do the smart thing and nothing, absolutely nothing should stop or distract...
Demagogues are the Achilles of democracy
Written by Alagi Yorro Jallow
President Yahya A.J.J Jammeh Babilimansa is almost a textbook demagogue, a brutal dictator and an “elephant with mosquito legs” in a China shop....
The First Task for the ‘Barrow-Government’ – Release Political Prisoners My Suggestion
By Abdou Karim Jallow
We are looking forward to our brothers and sisters being released from illegal and unconstitutional and arbitrary arrest and detention without trial. Currently there...
First order of business – The Constitution versus The Vice President
Article written by Sana Sarr
It’s very encouraging that Gambians are having a debate about what’s constitutional.
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE
The constitution states that someone younger than 30 or...
The ‘Illegality’ of Mrs Tambajang’s appointment as VP?
By Sait Matty Jaw
On 1st December 2016, Gambians went to the polls to change the government of Yahya Jammeh and usher in a new and democratic Gambia....
‘Billion-year’ Gambian President Was Installed by the CIA
Gambian President and dictator Yahya Jammeh, facing a combined military force composed of Senegalese army troops, the Nigerian air force, and troops from Mali, Ghana, and Togo,...
The final sprint – staying positive
Many are wondering what will happen come January 19th 2017, when the term for Gambia's outgoing president ends and he refuses to leave power. ECOWAS has made...
President Jammeh why opprobrium in a doom cause or did you deserve to die?
Only death can end both the spell to bewitch and the prerogative to dominate- and sometimes even death can snuff out power from a tyrant. The killing...
THE HUMILIATED JAMMEH AND THE PHONE CALL
Chei aduna kumba njie! One minute he rants like a gallant soldier ready to mash up his entire enemy force and its arsenal. The next he begs...
OPINION ON THE DECEMBER 1ST 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS by two outgoing students of The...
“Acceptance-… the electoral processes reflect the will of the people. It is then an overriding principle of Electoral Justice that everyone abides by the outcome; that the...
The Use of State Apparatus as an Instrument of Sycophancy in Jammeh’s Governemnt: GRTS,...
By Lamin Keita: Media is a powerful instrument that can provoke a war because people can be susceptible to the information it spreads about a particular subject...
The Appointment of Seedy Njie as Minister is Gross Violation of the Constitution
First Things First
The Republic
The Gambia is a constitutional democracy, meaning we are not a monarchy. Rather it means we are all equal citizens with equal...