Whither the New Gambia – Old Wine in New Bottles?
By D. A. Jawo
Many people are wondering what has really happened to the New Gambia’s mantra; “Never Again”, when virtually on a daily basis, we are witnessing...
Zoo Keeper
Written by Momodou Ndow
We didn’t have any pets at 64 Dubson street, when I lived in Banjul. In fact, not very many compounds there had pets because...
To ‘Secular’ or not – A perspective
In the summer of 2019, @KMC councilman, Kemo Bojang, had opined that The Gambia should pursue a system of ‘’democracy with Gambian characteristics’’. It came to...
Coalition agreed on a 3-year term – VP
The chairperson of the Coalition 2016 and now vice president, Fatoumatta Jallow, has confirmed that the term limit discussed among the Coalition partners for their presidential candidate...
Road accidents biggest killer of young people – WHO
Road injuries are now the biggest killer of children and young adults worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The organisation published figures that also reveal Africa...
AMBASSADOR PASCHALL – COMMENT – United we will defeat COVID-19
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance...
Obscenity of the Education System is Failing our Children
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The Gambia’s education system was a monumental error of the first republic and second republican era. Our education system has produced mass under-performers (the D-...
U.S. Midterm Elections: The Phenomenon of Midterm Loss for Incumbents
By: Sarjo Brito, U.S Midterm Elections 2022 Virtual Reporting Tour Participant
One year after the Biden Administration took office, Americans will be heading to the polls on November...
GIBRIL SAINE – OPINION: Gambia, All The President’s Men
Somehow, there are certain people in the world, who walk the earth’s surfaces as if entitled to all the goodness there is. In The Gambia, meanwhile, boasting...
President Julius Maada Bio Launches the McGovern-Dole International School Feeding Programme in Kabala, Koinadugu
His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has launched phase four of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programme (IFEP) in Kabala, the district headquarter...
In defence of President Barrow!
By Basidia M Drammeh
The fuss and the row over President Barrow stepping out of the red carpet at the Freetown Airport are implausible and unjustifiable. In my...
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...
Poverty and Misrule in Sub- Saharan Africa
It is often said that Africa is the richest continent on planet earth, yet harbors the world’s poorest people. Poverty is a menace in Africa. It is...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO GAMBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CRITICIZED
Gambian activists on Thursday criticized the Obama administration over what they maintain is its lack of response to anti-LGBT persecution and other human rights abuses in their...
UTG Staff must be heard and their concerns must be addressed. Now.
By Madi Jobarteh
Since 2018 the number of strikes in our institutions of higher learning indeed call for concern as to the kind of leadership and management that...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – COMMENT: UN chief condemns! Is Mali the first ‘African Spring?’
I wonder how many people have heard the condemnatory speech recently uttered by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on July 17, 2020 in South Africa on...
The Independent Electoral Commission Should Do Better
By Dibba Chaku
In the annals of Gambian politics and our unflinching determination to untether ourselves from dictatorship and tyrannical rule through democratic means, one institution that was...
Public Safety: A case for the National Assembly to regulate content moderation of social...
By: Sarjo Barrow
To create a safe environment, the government must act to protect society at large and not delegate such responsibilities to profit-making companies with the hope...
Niamina West By-Elections: Lessons and Observations
By D. A. Jawo
The outcome of the Niamina West bye-elections, held on Saturday, November 7, in which the National People’s Party (NPP) scored a landslide victory over...
Why is Yahya Jammeh angry with the whole world?
Most Gambians were no doubt quite taken aback when President Yahya Jammeh recently threatened to withdraw from membership of both the African Union and Ecowas, if either...
