Six Months of Adama Barrow: Successes and Failures!
July 19 marks six months since Adama Barrow became the Chief Servant of our State to whom we entrust our rights to protect and our national coffers...
Our silence to fight dictatorship causes the trampling underfoot, or the merciless death of...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
They say that it takes a village to raise a child. But to raise a dictator and groom him for more than two decades in...
The SM Dibba – The Jawara Letters
Fellow Gambians – It took large portions of the night twisting and turning caught up in deep reflection reminiscing on the meaning contained in the below correspondence,...
The Tambedou leaked audio — implications and consequences
Spiritual minds wondered and lingered in limbo for 22 years as to why this beautiful country lost its moral and basic values to a state of tyranny...
I Stand with Minister Tambadou Not To Resign. Stay On!
For practical purposes, in the interest of urgent national objectives the Minister of Justice Aboubacarr Tambadou must stay on his job to continue to conclusion a process...
On Gambia’s Think Tank: hard-headed thinking needed to help everyday working Gambians
In his widely-acclaimed book entitled “ Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy, the redoubtable US scholar Derek Leebaert warned against public officials he described...
The Social Contract – Towards a Healthy Democratic State
When the renown French philosopher, Mostesquieu, coined the term ‘separation of powers’ between the executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government, little did he knew centuries later...
Drop The Draconian Laws….
For many years, we were under the yoke of colonialism. The British colonized us and did everything - wanted to continue to do anything - to keep...
Sheriff and Ndoura Conversation: We Need Assurances and Decisions! Now!
The conversation between Sheriff Tambadou and Ndoura Badgie is despicable, unprofessional and unethical on both parties. Sheriff betrayed sacred professional principles and potentially undermined the course of...
STATES ARE AMORAL. ALL OF THEM
With the change of administration in The Gambia – there has been a plethora of conversations regarding the state and the demos, the state’s trajectory, power, competing...
Pres. Barrow’s Statement about the Media is Concerning!
On July 14 a public statement appeared on Pres. Barrow’s Facebook page entitled ‘Democracy cannot celebrate Autocracy’, part of which says,
“While my government promotes media freedom, we...
UPROOTING THE A.P.R.C TAP ROOT: BARROW RECYCLES TO RESCUE
By: Ousainou Mbenga
As the proverbial “fig tree”, Jammeh never expected our “small axe” to cut him and his parasitic A.P.R.C down to the ground. But...
My Concern With the Police Press Statement about July 22
There is no doubt that 22 July 1994 was the beginning of a despicable period when misery and carnage descended on the Gambia to last for 22...
GDC is moving on, wishing Omar Sey and Ganyie Touray the very best in...
No position is imposed on anyone, it was an offer and some accepted it with alacrity, others want to think through it and consult their family members...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Look at France's President Macron....
About two or three weeks ago, President Macron of France combined both the lower and upper houses of the French Parliaments to address...
Gambia: The Problems Within Procurement
Dear Editor,
With a flurry of investors flocking into the country looking for quick profits & millions in aid waiting for allocation, I aim to take a closer...
End of an Era: The Enigmatic Yahya with an Illusory Legacy? There are mixed...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
There are reasons to celebrate the “July 22 Revolution” and remember President Yahya Jammeh in a simple way. This may be with national prayers in...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…
Is There A Security Threat….?
In the past few days, there has been talk on many lips that there is a possibility of a forced return to the...
Let’s not confuse our fluency in English for our brilliance of thought and acting...
Alaji Yorro Jallow
An exemplary leader never wants to be the smartest person in the room. You never want to be the smartest person in the room—and if...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Disaster Relief....
In the Wolof Language they say, 'xoddeeku balaa ngai laka le', a crude translation of this will be 'prevention is better than cure'. Every year, when...