OPINION: ALHASSAN DARBOE: Barrow can be deposed in a mass uprising
When Adama Barrow was declared the winner of 2016 elections, I was beside myself with joy. I called friends and neighbors from far and near to celebrate...
Has our National Assembly failed to meet basic expectations?
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh
'Rubber Stamp' National Assembly was among the most common phrases used by activists to describe Members of the National Assembly during Yahya Jammeh's presidency....
Cries of Gambian youth must not be ignored
By Basidia M Drammeh
The demonstrations that swept the country’s two largest cities last Wednesday underpin a deep-seated crisis and mounting problems that continue to face our nation,...
LAMIN NJIE: President Barrow can go ahead and do five years but there...
President Barrow should by rights step aside in December. He has in the past 24 months proven to be not good enough for what is definitely one...
Gigantic Cost of Gambia’s political wars
By Sainey Darboe
That the founder of the United Democratic Party and Vice President,Ousainou Darboe, doesn’t enjoy the best of relations with incumbent president Adama Barrow is palpable...
On the Rise of PPP: A Challenge Renewed
By Gibril Saine
Once Upon a Time - The nomenclature ''P.P.P'' stood more or less synonymous with country-tag 'The Gambia'. It came to signal a stabilised (Dalasi) currency...
LAMIN NJIE: Darboe’s comments border on bravado, it’s now up to Barrow to do...
Until this congress, the wonder has been why Ousainou Darboe has not waded into the growing uncertainty within the United Democratic Party. The wonder has been why...
The Gambia: towards a one-stop media regulator
The Point was not on point. Two girls, raped and sexually molested, were in the pages of the newspaper. This breach was gross - ethically and legally....
LAMIN NJIE: If self-belief is what drives a leader, President Barrow has a bag...
Self-belief. Self-belief. SELF-BELIEF. That’s the answer I got when I asked one political analyst friend about the one thing that makes a leader successful. There wasn’t any...
Journalists Cannot Assume All the Blame for Failing to Report Government
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Part 1
I despair of the way in which commentators, especially (with a few exceptions) our resident economists, are not prepared to decry the illusion...
President Barrow’s Fictive Commissions: Testing the Limits of Human Justice
By Saul Njie
What happens when a State must prosecute itself? What is one to do when the State - not some foreign forces - are the tools...
LAMIN NJIE: We Should Stop the Hypocrisy and Come to the Aid of People...
By Lamin Njie
I will put this plainly: Gambians are funny. One moment they’re straight-thinking, another moment they’re blinkered. It’s something I’ve become used to now.
It’s been Nogoi...
The Gambia: President Barrow’s political rhetoric may undermine the Security Sector Reform process
Since assuming office in January 2017, President Barrow has initiated wide-ranging institutional reforms posed to restore Gambia’s image as the human rights capital of Africa. A key...
Launch of TRRC a Huge Leap. Now to the Real Work
I say congratulations to the government on the successful launch of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. One of many promises President Barrow made during the campaign...
There’s Only One False News Offender, Baa: The Government
By Lamin Njie
I think Ba Tambadou was bluffing when he said people found wanting of spreading false news will be prosecuted. He said ‘people’ of which my...
Amie’s been in it all
First, let me say this: I think Amie Bojang-Sissoho is doing a fine job as President Barrow’s press secretary. Here is a woman whose job it is...
Sorry Amie Bojang !!!!
President Adama Barrow’s alleged bribery to the United Democratic Party National Assembly members if confirmed to be true, he should either apologize to the Gambian people on...
Staying Positive: Gambia IS MAKING PROGRESS!
- #57Vehicles from an Anonymous Donor - a gift from the President to Members of the National Assembly who are supposed to hold him accountable
- Government forces...
And So We Voyage
It’s been 625 days since President Barrow came to power. The man is a political VIP now. It’s remarkable really. His is that of a man who...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT… No Medicine in Our Hospitals…
Health, it is said, is wealth. There is a cliche that says 'A healthy nation is a wealthy nation'. Thus, if any country wishes to develop, it...
