On Bees and Beefs: Letter to my Friend (Part 1)
Dear Sheriff,
It has been a long time since we last exchanged notes in this epistolary series. Like I told you before, your quietness is quite disquieting. What...
Open letter to UN rep for West Africa and Sahel Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas
Doctor Mohamed Ibn Chambas
United Nations Special Representative of
The Secretary General for West Africa and
Sahel and head of UNOWAS
Dear Doctor Chambas,
It is from a compelling concern that I...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: Dawda Jallow has suffered his first true excoriation… what it...
For those wondering if the nation's new attorney general will ever learn the harsh side of Gambians, the moment has arrived for you to find the sobering...
The Draft Constitution Debacle: A Win for Democracy
Of recent — we have entered a new dawn in my homeland, thus, prompting a myriad of conversations on the idea of justice, of liberty, of democracy, of the...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – COMMENTARY: What Lawyer Darboe may constitutionally understand that we don’t
I wonder how many people are following the seemingly impending political crisis developing in the USA, six weeks before the presidential election there with President Donald Trump...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: It’s Justice Sulayman Jallow that I feel sorry for… it’s...
The draft constitution was always bound to fumble. This was the belief held by many fervid observers.
A new constitution was one of the things that sat highly...
Protecting the Integrity, Legitimacy and Citizen Ownership of the Final Draft Constitution
The only reason why NAMs shouldn’t change anything in the Final Draft Constitution is to avoid partisan capture of the document. That is, to make changes that...
LAMIN J DARBO – OPINION: The National Assembly can Lawfully Amend the Draft Constitution
As a national document, a democratic constitution must settle national authority in a manner that avoids concentrating public power in any one segment of a political system....
SAMSUDEEN SARR – COMMENTARY: Factchecking Kerr Fatou interview with my former boss Dr M...
After watching a recent Kerr Fatou Network interview with my former boss at the United Nations and current foreign minister of the Gambia, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, I...
MADI JOBARTEH – OPINION: A Historic Duty is Before National Assembly Members: To Fulfil...
The matter concerning the Final Draft Constitution is no ordinary matter. Certainly it is not a partisan or personal matter. It must not be seen as a...
BANKA MANNEH – COMMENTARY: Our Parliamentarians are playing with fire – this draft must...
After watching parts of the debate proceedings of the draft constitution in the National Assembly, I started to wonder whether some of the elected officials in our...
YUNUS HYDARA – COMMENTARY: Science Thursday – Demystifying Epilepsy
By Yunus Hydara
The concept of possession, “to be seized by spirits,” is central to the historic association of religion and the epilepsies. Many people believed and many...
Gambia: People are dying, No Light, No Jobs for the people
By Alex Darboe
Gambians are the most interesting human beings in the world.Our young people fill up the stadium for music concerts and religious gatherings and yet can’t...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – COMMENTARY: Jola lives matter
I only hope the propagated and disturbing rumor in town that the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) has been compelled by our hopeless Security-Sector Reformers to forge a...
Is the Barrow administration really serious about SSR?
Gambians should start questioning this government's seriousness towards the security sector reform or even ask President Adama Barrow whether he is comfortable with the presence of foreign...
The man who walked to Mecca: The life and times of Sheikh Jarjusey
The Gambia has had many towering giants in the area of Islamic scholarship and preaching (da’wah); the late Sheikh Omar Jarjusey stands out as one of the...
There is no Justification for ECOMIG’s Continued Presence in the Gambia
By Madi Jobarteh
The legal advisers of Pres. Barrow must guide him to know, first and foremost, that he needs to obtain the approval of the National Assembly...
ADAMA MAKASUBA – COMMENT: Is The Gambia Government Not Aware of The Rise In...
Where is The Gambia heading to? As food and other basic amenities continue to skyrocket with citizens not seeing any solution being taken by the government to...
MC CHAM JNR – COMMENT: Censorship is the child of fear and father of...
It is deeply regretted that the Gambia is going back to the days of media censorship, if the Minister of Information asked the QTV Gambia not to...
Esau Williams has NO reason to apologize! It is Minister Sillah who should apologize
By Madi Jobarteh
Minister Ebrima Sillah should apologize immediately to Gambians for his anti-media stance since he took over the position of Minister of Information. The fact that...