Full text of Mai Fatty’s resignation speech
Two days ago (9th October 2019), I submitted notice of termination of my contract of appointment as the Special Advisor to the President. My contract of appointment...
Adieu, Sise
Sise Sawaneh. So soon. A neighbour. A friend. A colleague. Oh dear! Why you? Why now? Those killers. This world. This God. That car. That road. That...
For the Love of Soninkara: Tribute to Sise Sawaneh
The sudden demise of Sise Jaha Sawaneh hit me like a thunderbolt. The news is completely devastating and I know for sure that most people who know...
She started the first dance academy in The Gambia. Here’s why
Ndey Fatou was drawn from an early age to the world of dance. Her mother, a dancer with a ‘70s music band in The Gambia, encouraged her,...
Bloomberg’s world’s wealthiest families 2019
The Walton family
Company: Walmart
Fortune: $190.5bn
The family own a 50 per cent stake in what is now the world's largest retailer. Founded by Sam...
Sir Dawda’s widow Chilel Jawara and family thank Gambians
I wish to convey my sincere thanks and appreciation to all Gambians for sharing the pain and sorrow that I and my family are going through this...
PROFILE: Alhaji Soriba Jabbi First President, Supreme Islamic Council The Gambia
By Ba S Jabbi
Alhagi Soriba Jabbi was born in 1942 to Soriba Jabbi and Oumie Jabbi in Jarra Sutukung village, Jarra East District. He was a Muslim...
Oumy Sall Ndiaye, the Legendary Woman behind JIFAD
After a long and rich professional experience in France, Europe and Africa where she dedicated a great part of her time coordinating the strategy and communication of...
TRIBUTE: The Man, Ebrima Solo Sandeng
By Lamin Njie, Editor in chief of The Fatu Network
I will not disagree with anyone who says Solo Sandeng was a patriot. The first time (it was...
Profile of New United States Ambassador to Gambia Richard Carlton Paschall III
Richard “Carl” Paschall, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of...
Facts about Sharia Law around the World
Brunei on Wednesday introduced harsh new sharia laws — including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex — despite a storm of global criticism from rights...
Marina: How an entire nation let a harmless 13-year-old student down
By Lamin Njie
When news first emerged on social media that Marina International School has expelled a student over driving offences, many greeted it with pleasure. Thanks to...
The Imam Who Stands for the Truth
Yahya Jammeh does not use any supernatural means to rule Gambians for more than two decades. Jammeh’s strength lies in his ability to cage, silence or disappear...
MACKY SALL GOV’T: Senegalese Rejoice as New Multi-Million Dollar Industrial Park Opens
By Charles Arthur
Forty kilometers (24 miles) from the capital, Dakar, a new industrial park has opened. Seven companies, from China, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Tunisia and one from...
Cheating Partners are Three Times more Likely to Stray Again – Research
AN unfaithful lover whose relationship breaks up is three times more likely to cheat on their next girl or boyfriend, research shows.
The old phrase ‘Once a cheat,...
Hello Mr President… OJ Should Either Resign Or Be Sacked If….
Reports have emerged in the country these days that Mr Omar Amadou Jallow, the Minister of Agriculture was involved in a shady deal of selling tonnes of...
Jammeh- Barrow, Opposite Poles of The same Deception! Oussainou Mbenga-DUGA
From Kanilai to Potomac, Maryland ran blood money when Jammeh was high on the saddles of power. Barely fifteen months on the saddles of power, Adama Barrow...
Rise of The Gambian Atheist
Until recently, it could be said that there’s no Gambian atheist. If there was, he certainly held his unsavoury beliefs close to his chest. There’s the mushrooming...
Where is The Promised Transparency
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…
Among the numerous issues we blamed and fought Yahya Jammeh for was the claim that his government was not transparent. We all claimed that the...
