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...
Building The New Gambia: ECOWAS Is On Track! No Change
By Madi Jobarteh: First of all, it is important for all Gambians to realize that the aim of ECOWAS is not to wage war on the Gambia....
Building The New Gambia: What Mama Kandeh Did Not Say…
I welcome Mama Kandeh for reiterating that his party continues to stand by the election result and GDC position would not change. He recognized the fact that...
Jammeh wants it his way, we must not let him
By Jaw Manneh: Weeks preceding January 19 will be defining for The Gambia on many fronts. The string of familiar abuses of power this week is...
People’s power is the answer to Jammeh’s arrogance
By Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Gambia is going through a reawakening. The country has ushered in a new political agenda free from fear. At last, Gambians have...
Dictators’ Lessons and Intellectual Prostitution: ‘Kakatar Syndrome and Human billboards’
By Alagi Yorro Jallow: Without prejudice—What I find fascinating about being in and then out of Africa is that the contrast gives you a filter that allows...
The ‘Yahya Jammeh’s people’, be warned, the end is here!
By Ali Jaye: As any sincere Gambian home or abroad feels, I must also express the bitter pain and frustration of the nation’s innocents but of course...
‘Yirri baa boita’ and new beacon of hope for The Gambia
Democracy is up to the people: A successful democracy does not rely on a single personality or an elected leader. All people need to partake in political...
