Failed Gambia project: Reasons for a revolution now!
The Gambia, our homeland’s revolution, and liberation from 22 years of Yahya Jammeh dictatorship is farcical and nothing less than a major pseudo-event. In communication and media...
The Republic, Democracy and Rights
What is a Republic? The basic dictionary meaning is that it is a state in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and...
KEBBA NANKO – OPINION: National Human Right Commission should not be dissolved
Calling for the dissolution of the National Human Rights Commission is an outrageous idea, but I am calling on the commissioners to withdraw their report and write...
MINISTERS TAMBADOU & FAYE ON PUBLICITY ESCAPADE
I was last week vaguely informed by a colleague that Defense Minister Shiekh Omar Faye submitted a defense bill to the national assembly for ratification, a cheerful...
Nullifying a Constitutional provision: why the Court of Appeal is wrong in Kharafi
If it can dance, M. A. Kharafi & Sons Limited (the Applicant) may be raucously performing the Rumba at the shockingly erroneous ruling of the Gambia Court...
On Selective Reading of the Quran and the Egregious Attempt to Justify Evil
It is the special beauty, sanctity and inviolability of the Muslim Holy Book that Allah, the Most Wise, has provided the means for its protection in the...
‘What have you done?’ RAR’s response to GDC’s Ebrima Nyang
Please allow us “Rising Against Racism” to respond to Mr. Nyang´s accusation. This is something that we don´t want to be dragged in to, however, we feel...
Protest of discrimination
By Ebrima Nyang
What happened to George Floyd and Lamin Ceesay is a sad story that no one wishes to happen because they both deserve to live like...
MADI JOBARTEH – OPINION: State of Emergency in its right perspective
By Madi Jobarteh
The 1997 Constitution anticipates that a situation could arise that could threaten the life of the country and so it provides for a state of...
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...
Lamin J Darbo knocks lands ministry after clear-the-air news conference
By Lamin J Darbo
In an extraordinary assault on law and truth, Mr Buba Sanyang (the Permanent Secretary) at a press briefing 02 June 2020 stated the position...
Halifa Sallah says George Floyd is sacrificial lamb for USA to repent
Halifa Sallah has said the George Floyd is the 'sacrificial lamb' for America to 'repent' and 'heal'.
Below is the Serrekunda MP's statement under the title 'A Nation...
MADI JOBARTEH – COMMENTARY: US Police Brutality has arrived on Gambian Shores! Time to...
By Madi Jobarteh
We are deeply saddened at the news of the shooting to death of a Gambian youth Momodou Lamin Sisay today by the US Police even...
Break the “Yaabaateh”: That EU Campaign is Immoral
The Gambia is a land of pristine beauty neatly carved into two for a zigzagging river pouring crystal clear water from the Atlantic Ocean. A nation and...
ZKK – COMMENTARY: How A Race For Political Power And Dominance Shattered The Transition...
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh (ZKK)
We take no pleasure or pride in reminding ourselves of our dark, painful and difficult past. If anything, we were hopeful, upbeat and...
On the EU and their Affront to our Religion and Culture: Let’s Break the...
From the dusty scrolls of our colonial history to the muddy records of our post-independence interactions with Europe and her allied institutions, our past is replete with...
The draft constitution, retroactivity, and the rule of law
At the Paradise TV televised national discussion, and in its aftermath, the issue of the commencement of the Presidential term has dominated the public conversation headlines.
By section...
President Barrow is NOT interested to fight corruption
Put simply, corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It comes in many forms, including public servants taking money or favours in exchange for...
LAMIN J DARBO – COMMENTARY: CRC took the country on a tour de force...
As we enter the Paradise TV day on the Draft Constitution (the Draft), further observations on the document are in order.
From non-constitutional material packed into the Draft,...
On the Audacity of Fiscal Profligacy: Letter to the Minister of Finance (Part 3)
Honourable Minister and my dear brother,
I must start off by admitting my own sadness at having to write to you once more on this very bitter and...
