The ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG), has a new Force Commander (FC) in the person of COLONEL FULGENCE NDOUR from Senegal. Colonel Ndour assumed office on Tuesday 5 March 2018 after a comprehensive taking over from the previous FC, Colonel Magatte Ndiaye who has completed his tour of duty […]
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Gomez’s Take On ‘The Gambia We Want’
TANGO Conversations about ‘The Gambia We Want’ Tuesday 27th February 2018, Brikama Building Efficient, Transparent and Accountable Governance System through Citizen Empowerment and Participation and Harnessing Social Capital for National Development Prof Pierre Gomez Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Dean, School of Arts and Sciences The University of The Gambia […]
Why Women Need Chance To Reason
The most valuable right is the right to reason and think. Africans and other impoverished nations are being trapped to feel hungry and look for how to feed themselves instead of thinking and reasoning about how they are feeding the world. We are not given the chance to reason and […]
Let’s Be Careful Of What We Wish For!
Part 1 The recent defeat of dictatorship in our motherland has woken up that good angel of patriotism in the country in different forms including the strong desire to take control of our institutions and ultimately our future and destiny. We would like to see Gambians running our national institutions […]
Why Gambia Doctors Association Must Acknowledge Corruption
I want to express my profound dismay at the truthful statement made by the Honorable Minister of Health and Social Welfare at a recent press conference was attacked and ridiculed by former staffers and the Gambia Resident Doctors Association to the extent of calling for Dr. Saffie Lowe to resign, […]
Who Says UDP Conquers Not?
FORWARD with UDP! Seeing the crowd at the United Democratic Party (UDP) rally at Dampha Kunda in Upper River Region is a clear testimony that the party is an integral part of the Gambian political establishment. It is a party that grows by the hour. Let us remember that Dampha […]
Gambia – New Home Of Right Groups
The defeat of Gambian Dictator has given birth to proliferation of non-governmental organisations in the Gambia. Some organisations — active or dormant — have come back to life while new ones are either registered or lined up for registration. All of them, among others, aim to either support, promote, guard […]
President Obiang Slammed For Shielding Evil Jammeh
US-based Equatorial Guinea activist has strongly criticised President Theodoro Obiang Nguema for shielding former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh from facing justice. Calls are intensifying for ex-longtime ruler to be held accountable for numerous crimes committed under his two-decade long regime, punctuated by arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings. “The […]
The Mandingo Muslims Of Trinidad
The Story of Muhammad Sisei (1788 – 1838) The following story has its roots in Manding Muslim civilization which dominated West Africa for three hundred years and stretched from beyond Timbuctu to the Atlantic. It helps to explain why Muslims in Trinidad are still called ‘Madingas’. Read more: http://caribbeanmuslims.com/the-mandingo-muslims-of-trinidad
A Challenge For Gambian Families
Kairo News/Radio Financial Empowerment Center has a Challenge for Gambian Children and their Parents, particularly those resident in the U.S and Europe. In our last financial empowerment program, we covered lots of ground on our kids and money. We did seriously emphasise how to teach our kids the values of […]
What Barrow Tells TRRC Chief
Gambian President Adama Barrow presided over the swearing in ceremony of the Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission, Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, at State House today. President Barrow said Dr. Jallow’s appointment was effected after careful vetting guided by competence, integrity and qualification. Read below President Barrow’s […]
President Barrow Receives AU Team
The African Union Deputy Chairperson, Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey said The Gambia is an important member of the AU and has followed developments in the country since the transition. He made these remarks during a courtesy call on President Barrow in his office today. Ambassador Quartey commended the Barrow administration […]