UTG, Young Magistrates and The State: Who is doing wrong?
Few days ago, I woke up to the news that Omar Jabang, a First Class Magistrate at the Banjul Magistrate Court, was arrested and held at the...
Preserving the Peace
On April 14, 2016, a small group of Gambians led by Solo Sandeng of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to stage a protest march to...
SAM SARR WILL COMMIT SUICIDE BEFORE HE FIRES AT PROTESTERS FOR JAMMEH
For the country's deputy ambassador at the United Nations to want to 'FIRE AT THE PROTESTERS IF I WERE IN CHARGE' shows how hateful Sam Sarr is,...
A LESSON FOR GAMBIA FROM EGYPT
By Lamin Gano
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until 2011 when Egyptians got fed up with him and forced him out of office in a popular uprising....
New Gambia: Our “Vision of Tomorrow”?
By Sait Matty Jaw
I bet most of you think that this is a Manifesto. Well, it is not. But when critically discussed, we might be able to...
The Gambia: The way forward!
By Sheriff Kora
There is no tragedy greater than the citizens of a nation resigning their citizenship due to the lack of faith in their own abilities to...
Blind prejudice of Yaya Jammeh
This court case reveals something interesting about Yaya Jammeh's character. He is stranger to most of what would generally be considered the Gambian virtues: humility, mercy, compassion...
April 24 – Building a Sovereign Gambian and Gambia
By: Madi Jobarteh
Introduction
Today 24 April 2016 marks the 46th independence anniversary of the Republic of the Gambia. The start of independence was marked by a ceremony on...
Open Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
405 E 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
United States
Cc. Yahya Jammeh
President of The Republic of The Gambia
℅ Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the...
How AU and Ecowas have let down Gambians
By D. A. Jawo
Once again, our African institutions have failed us, with both the African Union and Ecowas keeping so mute over the deplorable and naked human...
My message is to the government employees, especially members of the security forces –...
- Are you happy with the life you are living? Are you satisfied with the salary you take home every month? Is it ever enough to cover...
Gambian Youths: Thou Shall Not Be Divided and Manipulated
While a lot of people believe that it is the security service personnel of the Gambia who hold the balance of power in favour of Jammeh, others...
Sixteen years on, families of April 10th victims still waiting for justice
By D. A. Jawo
It is 16 years today (April 10) when our own security forces brutally put down a peaceful procession organized by the Gambia Students Union...
Young Gambian woman writes to Dictator Jammeh expressing her opposition to The Islamic State...
Here we produce the letter from a young Gambian woman opposing Jammeh's idea of turning the country into an Islamic State.
His Excellency
The President of The Republic of...
Gambia is left alone to face the whims of the deranged President Yahya Jammeh
By Con Coughlin
When the Prince of Wales represents the Queen at next month’s Commonwealth summit for heads of government in Sri Lanka, he will no doubt be...
President Jammeh – A part of the Gambia’s problem?
By D. A. Jawo
The Gambia, like all other countries, has its own peculiar problems, which include both economic and social. However, in our own case, those problems...
MY CHALLENGE TO GAMBIA’S POLITICAL OPPOSITION PARTIES
If it is true that there is a constitutional amendment to indefinitely extend the expired term of the ICE Chairman and his entourage, then we don’t need...
Why am I Challenging President Jammeh?
While trying very hard to stay focused on revising my 22 reasons for Jammeh not to run for a fifth term, I can’t help being bombarded with...
Editorial: Of 2016 General Elections and Dictator Jammeh’s Determined Efforts To Steal Them In...
It is already almost certain that Dictator Yahya Jammeh will win with landslide the upcoming General Elections in The Gambia not through the popular choice but through...
THE GAMBIA RIVER BASIN AND IT’S LOST GENERATION
The tiny sliver of Africa’s smallest country is wedged into Senegal, and is seen as
a piece in its side, or the tongue that makes it speaks, depending...