Yahya Jammeh’s fine art of back-scratching for political advantage
In Gambia , many rightly wonder why every event of a serious matter of national disaster only blooms for couple days or a month and fade away...
Dictator Jammeh’s last hustle on trial
Yahya Jammeh is the most polarizing figure in Gambia. In his speech Wednesday evening at Talinding— a town in Gambia, he spoke of tribalism and ethnic prejudice....
ICC’s Controversial assessment of The Gambian situation
Yahya Jammeh’s actions behind closed doors and public indifference as a pious “Muslim” to the continued persecution and murder of Gambians is a scandal of enormous proportions....
The Gambia: Jammeh endorses impunity
By D. A. Jawo
Once again, most Gambians and friends of the Gambia were no doubt quite embarrassed by the type of undiplomatic language President Yahya Jammeh is...
Yaya Jammeh’s missing messages
Growing up in Gambia during the pre-1994 days, we cling to our faith and have strong morals. Anyone who holds a position of leadership must fear...
The Consequence of Paying the Price of Liberty with a Thin Skin
After years of cash buyouts, backstage passes, scaring tactics, municipal council lobbying arm extended to vulnerable opposition members, the regime have been taking care of political business...
IF JAMMEH CAN ORDER MURDER AND RAPE, WHY IS HIS FAMILY SAFE?
The best among you are not those who do not miss their five daily prayers or frequent churches every week BUT watch innocent, defenseless people get oppressed...
Galloping pace of waste putting heavy strains on Gambia
Yahya Jammeh never falls short to make Gambia suffer a tsunami of bad publicity. In a broader sense, Jallow Kanilai’s does not need help for bad publicity...
APRC Semantics: Is Yaya Jammeh wining the information war inside the Gambia
At the outset of his presidency, Yaya Jammeh enjoyed a brief flurry of enthusiasm among Gambians but it suddenly began to decline precipitously when the citizens learned...
WAA JUWARA’S IMPRISONMENT; A TACTICAL MOVE TO CONTAIN BRIKAMA
BY: Ousainou Mbenga
For nearly three years, Lamin Waa Juwara was entangled in the “legal cob webs” of Jammeh’s courts on trumped up charges of “abuse of office”....
A Major Weakness of Gambian Political Parties
One of the most resilient national institutions in the world is the military. And perhaps the main reason for that is due to its simple and efficient...
Self-improvement: Central challenge facing our era
By Habib
Why is it extraordinarily difficult to be politically correct in Gambia? The answer is not to dwell in confusing and frustrating nostalgia. The simply answer is...
Is Gambian Politics based on Tribalism?
By Lamin Gano
During my Master’s degree programme on African Peace and Conflict Studies eight years ago, one of the modules was on African Politics and the research...
Presidential Spelling bee contest: Current Education curriculum not much bang for our children
By Habib
Many people couldn’t stomach what they saw the other day from the Presidential tour. The recent videos from the president’s tour revealed a very serious issue...
Gambia’s no-buy list for 2016 and beyond
By Habib
Yaya Jammeh marveled during his so called meet the farmers tour against the so called “Negative internet sites” sweeping the nations gateways to the homes of...
A Coalition Formula
By Lamin Gano
The aim of this blog post is to endorse a simple and credible formula on how to form a coalition between the Gambian opposition parties....
Mr. President, Save Yourself
My Dear President and Godfather,
When I heard the announcement that you were to embark on a country-wide tour this week, I prayed and hope that you were...
The Heavy weight of following the dreams of dictatorship on Gambia
By Habib
All the pillars of our nationhood were tested in 1994 and continually tested by APRC regime. Some collapsed like the free press or unions, some were...
Airing out Gambia’s Dirty Laundry
By Habib
Jammeh is out again with cold feet peddling an amorphous anti-Western, anti-opposition and anti-diasporian resentments. Predictably, truth is the first casualty. Mr. Jammeh’s address was predictable...
Violent Response to the Protest: How Jammeh’s Final Survival Strategies Can Backfire
By Ousman Jobe
Since the arrest and the subsequent detention of the executive members of United Democratic Party and its youth on April 14 and 16 respectively, there...