December 4, 2021: What it Means to The Gambia, and For Gambians
By Lamin HAN Mbye
The December 4th Presidential Election is a turning point for The Gambia. It determines whether Gambians are eager to make a ‘Turn Around’ from...
Darboe’s Disingenuous Documentary: The Pressing Case for Better Leadership
By Sainey Darboe
In what constitutes a clearly desperate and poorly executed attempt at image-laundering,UDP recently put out a documentary on the life and times of its perennial...
Gambia’s marble-ballot system and its looming challenges
By Amara Thoronka
Though it may sound archaic to nationals of many countries which swapped from marble ballots to paper ballots half a century ago or even older,...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: I feel sorry for Sheikh Tijan Hydara… He put his...
It doesn’t take much to understand Jammeh is looking for someone to use to get out of the pit he currently is in. Jammeh wants to break...
The Betrayal of Mamma Kandeh and GDC
By Madi Jobarteh
From today my sympathies for GDC as a party has reduced to minus zero because of their unconscionable and unpatriotic alliance with a faction of...
Jammeh’s address – a death knell for the APRC?
By D. A. Jawo
The biggest topic of discussion this past week had no doubt been the much anticipated address by former President Yahya Jammeh to his embattled...
Could the Bilal Tragedy Been Avoided?
By DA Jawo
The tragedy that stroke Bilal Boarding School in Yundum which led to the death of at least five young students and injury to several others...
#NeverAgain and the Ministry of Justice Press Release
On 15 October 2018, Pres. Adama Barrow launched the TRRC. In his launching statement, he said, “the TRRC was born out of the aspirations of a people...
OPINION: Fabakary Tombong Jatta and Team Should Accept Their Public Firing…
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh
Bottom line is: Fabakary Tombong Jatta and Co in the erstwhile APRC Executive were nothing without Yahya Jammeh. They enjoyed their public profile/ status...
Jammeh’s Rejection of NPP/APRC Alliance Is Good News for President Barrow
By Muhammed W. Touray
When Alagie Kijera, The Netherlands-based former president of Barrow Fans Club rejected the NPP/APRC alliance on moral grounds and left NPP in protest, he...
THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER THAT IS YAHYA JAMMEH
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Part I
Fatoumatta: I am reluctant to join any fireside chat on the Yahya Jammeh shame of Friday evening cultural phenomenon drama; we are addicted to...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – OPINION: Jammeh’s declaration blessing for President Barrow
I think Jammeh's declaration of not supporting the NPP-APRC political coalition is a huge blessing in disguise for President Adama Barrow who has recently been bombarded with...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: It’s sad to see folks celebrating Jammeh’s madness… anyone who...
The hypocrisy and inconsistency of Gambians laid bare yet again.
I did doubt that Jammeh would have the guts to try to impose his style of leadership on...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: APRC leaders must stand their ground… Jammeh doesn’t own this...
Dodou Jah laughed when I suggested the sacking of former President Jammeh from the party. He laughed because he believed it's unthinkable. It's actually thinkable if you...
When victims get abandoned!
By Basidia M Drammeh
President Adama Barrow’s controversial visit to the family of his successor Yahya Jammeh is the culmination of a series of initiatives aimed at cozying...
Special commendation for Adama Barrow at Kanilai village
I cannot but take a brief moment to express my special appreciation to His Excellency President Adama Barrow for his noble and historic visit to Kaninlai village...
Pres. Adama Barrow’s Shameful Visit! Insulting.
The family of Yaya Jammeh is not a national priority just like my family and the families of all Gambians. The only family of national priority in...
UDP Sets A Moral Predennce …
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh
Few days ago, we were united in outrage, shock and disappointment when UDP gave a mega phone and national platform to a disgraced Lawyer...
Clarification on maternal mortality and pregnancy-related mortality
By Sanna Manjang
In the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), we defined maternal mortality as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of...
The story about the return of Serign Touba after his exile in Gabon
By Oko Drammeh
Many Senegalese as well as Gambians are not aware that Sereign Touba was named after a Gambian born in Ballo in The Gambia near Sabah...