On President Barrow’s statement of President Jammeh’s amnesty
Until this Thursday morning of August 19, 2021following eleven hours of beautiful uninterrupted rain, I indeed tried to ignore the ongoing argument surrounding the controversial statement made...
President Barrow Needs To Tone Down His Utterances
By D. A. Jawo
President Adama Barrow was quite well known for being a humble person who hardly spoke much when he first assumed the presidency. However, he...
AMRAN GAYE – OPINION: Sankareh needs to be replaced
By Amran Gaye
I don't know who this Sankareh guy is writing press releases for the State House, but he really needs to be replaced. Even apart from...
President Barrow wants to turn The Gambia into a One-Party Authoritarian State. Resist
By Madi Jobarteh
Fellow Gambians, regardless of any party or politician one supports, the time to stand up to defend democracy is higher today than ever. Because of...
Misleading Press Release by Government Spokesman on Pres. Barrow’s Intentions
By Madi Jobarteh
The press release of the Government Spokesman Ebrima Sankareh seeking to clarify the anti democratic comments of the President is unnecessary and not true. To...
Gambia’s newfound freedom was earned, not given
By Dibba Chaku
It has become apparent that one thing that continues to reverberate in President Barrow’s ears is the notion that he and his administration are the...
Ceesay may be Obama
By Benjamin Joof
The impulse reaction of the cynics would be to dismiss the headline as “apples to oranges”, but the political journeys of Obama and Dr. Ceesay are...
Voice of Tyranny. Time to Stop Adama Barrow
By Madi Jobarteh
It is not only ignorant but equally arrogant for a sitting President to claim that there is a time when politics should end. It is...
Politicians must guard their comments
By Madi Jobarteh
Not long ago Pres. Barrow outraged the nation when he said he prefers death to losing the elections. Before that it was Minister Hamat Bah...
‘Tulun Bayo Datita’: The presidential elections circus has begun – ‘chop their rice, vote...
By: Ousainou Mbenga
Those of us who had rural or semi-rural upbringing will recall the days of “Tulun Bayoo” - chasing fun from village to village after the...
Until We Confront the Government, Corrupt Will Ruin The Gambia. Let us be serious!
By Madi Jobarteh
At the end of the day, the issue is about 12 million dalasi handled in a manner that is not ethical and lawful. It is...
The Police Again!
By DA Jawo
Most Gambians had assumed that with the bad image that the police had acquired during the Jammeh regime and all the noise about Security Sector...
Critiquing the Presidential Debate: Ismaila Ceesay vs Halifa Sallah
By Musa VAL Banja
On Wednesday 04 August 2021, the two presidential candidates for the December 2021 election in The Gambia held a debate on live television. Hon....
To Invade KMC by Force is an Act of Abuse of Power by the...
By Madi Jobarteh
The deployment of armed police to the KMC to forcefully install the CEO who has been put under suspension by the General Council for alleged...
Drum-beating politics must end
By Basidia M Drammeh
Veteran politician Halifa Sallah and political pundit Dr. Ismaila Ceesay must be commended for mustering courage and audacity to square off in a first-debate...
The Debate without Results
By Madi Jobarteh
I have no congratulatory message for either Halifa Sallah or Ismaila Ceesay. Just to take part in a political debate does not deserve any commendation...
The debate about The Debate
By Sana Sarr
So…, the stage is set for a debate between presidential candidates Dr. Ismaila Ceesay of Citizens Alliance and Halifa Sallah of the PDOIS. To many,...
Pierre Mendy: He testified at the TRRC, the brave soldier will now not be...
The commander of Yundum Barracks Lt Col Pierre Mendy died on Monday aged 57, eight months after testifying before the TRRC.
Mendy was a great commander who served...
The Presidency is a Position of Dignity and Honour
By Madi Jobarteh
I am particularly concerned about the frequent and consistent empty, false and demeaning free talk that always comes out the mouth of the President. Not...
The seven idle UK MPs ignoring crimes against humanity committed by British soldiers and...
The shameless report trending on social media lifted from some Gambian newspapers captioned “7 UK MPS CALL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRRC disappointed with Barrow’s broken promise”...