Empowering Democracy: A Review of Nurturing Sovereign Citizens by Halifa Sallah
By: Fatou Janneh, Madison, Wisconsin State
In his recent book, Nurturing Sovereign Citizens: Lessons on Sovereign Citizenship for Democratization, Peacebuilding & Development (2023), Halifa Sallah explores the complex...
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...
Looming Genocide Over the Gambia
From the Manifesto of the People
In the run-up to and during the Rwanda Genocide, elements in the Hutu-led government including the military, the ruling party and their...
The Gambia: Three years on, nine Mile Two Prison executions; but were 26 prisoners...
On the third anniversary of the heinous Mile Two Prison executions, Gambians solemnly remember one of the most the tragic days in the Gambia’s history. The oldest...
‘Sukutarians’ Want Health Center Upgraded To Major
By Adama
The people of Sukuta have called on the government to help upgrade their health centre from minor to major.
They made the request recently during a handing...
Breaking News: IMF Deploys Observer Team to Banjul. Cause for Concern?
BANJUL, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has deployed a team of observers to monitor the country's financial activities.
According to reliable sources, the team would be assessing key...
A Mayor cannot give attestation! Period.
By Madi Jobarteh
To start with, there should be no attestation for the purpose of obtaining a voter’s card. This is because only citizens are required to vote....
Reflection on the Nature of the Dictatorship in the Gambia: Never Again and Never...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
This write up is for those diaspora Gambian younger generation who were born after1994. Those who do not know what government legal and extra-legal repression...
Closure of the Daily Observer is a Political Miscalculation and affront to Freedom Press!
Alagi Yorro Jallow
At present, it would be unimaginable for any Gambia government officials operating under the orders of their bosses to lawlessly close or burn newspaper offices...
AU Failing to Tackle Pervasive Slavery in Mauritania: US Revoked Mauritania’s Eligibility under...
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
The African Union and African leaders are not ending the decades of shame and disgrace in Africa. Africa is entering a season of unprecedented...
Guinea’s president reshuffles govt with looming strikes, civil unrest
Facing civil unrest and strikes in the crucial mining sector, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde reshuffled his government overnight, appointing new finance and security ministers among others.
No official...
Opposition Unity is too Early and Risky
By Lamin Gano
It is indisputable that in order to maximize the chance of defeating Jammeh this year, it is crucial for only one candidate to run against...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Waqtu Ala! Waatoo Te Jee! Wahtu Amut!
I have repeatedly written about these things, but I will not tire of doing so until I see tangible steps. For...
The burrowing owl of National Coffers suddenly recovering from decades-long hibernation on Gambian issues,...
One of the strangest initiatives, from one of the burrowing owl of Gambia’s national coffers, who suddenly recovered from her decades-long hibernation on list of daunting challenges...
‘Jammeh hated Jaliba the most’
As the Gambia Kora King launched two albums amid pomp and pageantry Saturday night, it has emerged that Jaliba Kuyateh was former President Jammeh’s most hated figure.
This...
Golden League Vs The People of Gunjur Intensifies. Gambia’s Sovereignty Questioned
As anger mounts in Gunjur, concerning the alleged environmental abuse by the Chinese Company Golden League, the youths of the town have vowed to intensify their pressure...
What with the Shifting Goalposts…?
There is no doubt that the former government almost destroyed our economy, and many other things besides. We all saw and agreed that something had to be...
RELIGIOUSITY, SOCIETY & OUR OBNOXIOUS UNIVERSE
If anything is keeping me up at night about Gambia, its how we’re completely out of touch with the realities affecting our lives, because we’ve simply been...
After 20 years, it is almost surreal when you stop & thinking the regime...
By Habib Drammeh
Although the cocktail of discontent is different in every country, but the pattern of political earthquakes across the western world has continued in West Africa...
A Challenge to Gambians in the Diaspora
A number of criticisms and labels are made against Gambians in the diaspora (GD henceforth) especially those in Europe and North America. One of those criticisms is...
