How the ‘komaa Siloo’ is depopulating a village in Niumi
Few years ago, a colleague of mine and I ruffled some feathers somewhere in provincial Gambia when we did a human interest story on rural-urban migration. The...
Let the debate continue Mr. Nuha Ceesay
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Tax avoidance is legal. Tax evasion is not. By morally conflating the two we're making the problem worse. Morality is subjective, which is why...
International Human Rights Day 2019: Where Do the Gambia Youth Stand?
The Theme for this year’s International Human Rights Day is: Youth Standing Up for Human Rights. In its statement the United Nations provided a justification of this year’s...
Mr. President (Barrow) Eid Mubarak
While Muslim around the world celebrate Eid, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Allah for the life and the opportunity to witness another Eid...
Workers of the Gambia Unite! Stand Up for Your Rights and Welfare!!
By Madi Jobarteh
Once again May Day is coming on Monday. In the Gambia this very important event has been popularly known for the May Day sports at...
Dear President Barrow
Your election has raised great hopes of democratic change in The Gambia and t I would like to draw your attention to a recent arrest and detention...
The epiphany of New Gambia which was imprinted upon us this week
We can agree most pundits will say it was a great week for the Barrow Administration from the official commissioning of ferry Kunta Kinteh where the President...
MACKY SALL – OP-ED: Go early, go hard and keep it simple: how Senegal...
By Macky Sall, President of Senegal
I often remind all the people who work to help me fulfil my duties as president of Senegal that no fatalism can...
Next: APRC NAMs to Court for Treason!
By Madi Jobarteh - On 16 January 2017 Fabakary Tombong Jatta tabled a motion before the National Assembly led by Speaker Abdoulie Bojang to endorse a...
President Barrow’s Tour Is The Right Thing To Do
By Maxs
I want to express my profound support to see our president for embarking on a "thank you tour" just before the incoming National Assembly election. This...
Beware of Fair-weather Loyalists….
'Man is a selfish animal.' (Karl Max) This statement of Karl Max perfectly sums up our collective society's outlook of life, in the distant past, the recent...
Full text of Ambassador Carl Paschall’s statement on black man George Floyd’s death
The response of Americans and Gambians to the tragic death of George Floyd is profound pain and anger, as well as a pressing legitimate need to express...
Why is Parliament silent on the Political Crisis gripping the nation?
I write with a deep sense of regret as to the attitude of the National Assembly in Banjul. For the record – The legislative branch is tasked...
22 YEARS OF WAR IN THE GAMBIA – Now time for National mourning
I dare say, prior to July 22 Gambian revolution, our history has proven to be peaceful (hence smiling coast) provocative and culturally resonant for 30 years. 2016...
Ministry Of Health Fails To Employ Public Health Graduates-Writer Says
Dear Editor,
What's happening at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare?
Well, is the ministry of Health and Social Welfare in a limbo to absorb the human resources...
What is government’s policy on renewable energy?
Ask a stranger on the streets of London, Berlin or Stockholm what they know about The Gambia – Sunshine, Holidays, Nice people, are some of the answers...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…We Are All Ears
With the raging debate on social media about the three year transitional period stipulated by the Coalition 2016 Memorandum of Understanding versus the five year term...
NEVER AGAIN: The Manifesto of an Unlikely Candidate (Part Three)
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Fellow Gambians,
It is high time that together we all loudly say enough is enough and Never Again to the chronically poor public utility services...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT..Gambia Ports Authority: the Worst Service Providers
The Gambia decided to change a government on December 1st 2016 and usher in a new government of which you are the Chief Executive Officer. This change...
The Gambian Democracy and its discontent
By Sheriff Kora
Tyler, Texas
Gambia’s democratic transition is back in the limelight, and the political debate this time is not centered around the callousness of a bloodthirsty dictator....
