Reflections on International Human Rights Day
Today is International Human Rights Day, an annual event established to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N. General Assembly in...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
A people's leader. Actually isn't the most educated, revered, charismatic or even powerful. He is often strikingly ordinary, compassionate and a complete embodiment of his societal customs,...
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...
Mystery Still Surrounds Gambia’s Oil Find
The Gambia is a land of Pristine beauty neatly carved into two for a zigzagging river pouring in crystal clear water from the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, across London...
Complementary relationship approach is needed most not dualistic ways of: Us vs Them thinking...
The lock step unity, honest dealings and the rigid loyalty we wished for at every moment of opportunity which present itself to quickly free our country out...
Yet Another Murder In The Gambia!
Baboucarr Faal, 24, has handed himself to the Bakau Police Station after allegedly stabbing 28 year old Cherno Jammeh to death. The incident happened Thursday 4th April,...
Attorney General Tambadou Announces Launching Of The TRRC
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubacarr Tambadou has said that the much talked about Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) will be launched on Monday,...
The Undocumented Story About The Cassamance Rebellion!
The Casamance Conflict is a low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since 1982....
Opinion: Learning lessons from the results of the Gambian elections
Over the past six months, The Gambia has undergone multiple cycles of voting, with each round bringing new developments and outcomes. The first cycle saw the incumbent...
On the Chronicles of Lambai: Exploits of the Great Sons of Salikenni in Gambian...
Touted for its deep political culture, Salikenni is described by pundits as the 'University of Gambian Politics'. Also called Lambai-Moribolong, Salikenni, is the 12th largest rural town...
The PPP 2018 Congress: when will the dust settle on the once dominant party...
Dr. Omar Janneh
After some 19 years of hiatus, the National Executive of the PPPconvened its first congress on December 28 to 30, 2018. On 30thDecember 2018, the...
Is The 1997 Constitution Of The Gambia Yaya Jammeh’s Constitution?
By Bubacarr Drammeh
The Gambia gained its independent from Great Britain on the 18th February 1965. It was not until 1970 that it became a Republic. The first...
Dear Middle-Class Gambians:
You do not have the simple luxury of accepting the death of unarmed civilian protestors, activists protecting their environment from corporate greed as natural, even if it...
Fabakary Tombong Jatta: The Undisputed King-Maker
By: Professor Abdoulaye Saine
Though I do not care much for his politics, like him or loath him, I take my hat off for Fabakary Tombong Jatta. As...
Firefighters Angry Over Salary Deductions
By Lamin Fatty
Members of the Gambia Fire and Rescue Services have continued to express total resentment and displeasure over what most of them described as indiscriminate and...
Truth and Irreconcilables – Part III
I understand the Barrow government's preference to deal with the atrocities committed
by the Jammeh regime through a Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("TRC")
mechanism, rather than engage in piecemeal...
Edward Singhateh Testimony: a Challenge to the Integrity of the TRRC
The testimony of Edward Singhateh is proof yet again of why the TRRC is the worst option the government could have taken to address the crimes of...
The Gambia: Amnesty for what; no thank you for overdue political prisoner release
A big part of the miracle of change occurs by the forces of nature; sometimes with human influence, but more often; not. It is dynamic, imperceptible and...
Now Imported Tilapia (Furro/ Wass” in our Dinner Tables and Restaurants!!!!
As “Chalo or Kobo” -- the traditional Gambian delicacy -- are now threatened with extinction:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Mamudu: I am perplexed and still amazed how farm raised tilapia...
The Unbroken Revolutionary of Banjul: Remembering Abdulai Aib Jobe
By: Alieu Bah
To eulogize a certain breed of men is both hard and easy. Hard because they defy the categories imposed on the living and their exploits....
