By Kemo Kinteh I subscribe to the conclusion that Darboe’s measured and graceful reaction to slander and vile are the sort of reactions we expect from our leaders. Babili Mansa would have sent his thugs (Jungulars) or rush to Tallinding to “welcome the Fulas to hell”. Luckily for the Gambia, […]
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H.E. Barrow Is On Right Track
President Barrow’s calm demeanour is helping the continuous existence of peaceful multiparty politics in The Gambia. The achievements under him include the following: Free Press/Press freedom. The media is tasting the freedom to write, comment and publish material as they wish. Even the ousted dictator Jammeh’s Daily Observer continues to […]
Why Darboe Remains Mute Despite..
By SuntouBolonba Touray Many people wonder why the venerable Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the United Democractic Party doesn’t respond to cheap personal attacks? The simple answer is that Lawyer Darboe is not one of those who want cheap popularity. He is not the type that will say or […]
Gambia Will Be Doomed If We …
I think the allegation that the APRC loyalists are out to sabotage the new government is 100% true. We have people in the system who make it their duty to undermine the Barrow government without any reasonable justification. These government officials have their collaborators outside the system. One of […]
Ambassador-at-large In Practice
By Omar Alieu Touray President Barrow’s recent appointment of various personalities as Ambassadors-at-large has drawn attention to a category of officials that, in the Gambian context, remains unknown to the general public. As a result, a number of questions have been raised, ranging from their suitability for the positions to […]
What We Have In Common Should Unite Us
What We Have in Common as Gambians Should Unite Us. We Should Discourage Tribalism & Tribal Politics: By Emmanuel Daniel Joof (Paps) The recent exchanges by Gambians on the online media is very troubling. Many Gambians on social media have been participating in pure and raw “tribalistic” exchanges and […]
Identity Politics Is HATE Personified! (No To Tribalism)
Identity Politics is HATE Personified! (No to Tribalism) Alagi Yorro Jallow “When you are running for your life from a lion, you don’t stop for a minute to look back and see what color of a lion had been chasing you. You just run forward as fast as you can for your […]
APRC – A Full Fledged Violence Plotter
“The biggest espionage plot of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction party (APRC) is inciting violence against the ruling government supporters. There are numerous wanted murderers and corrupt former APRC officials in America, England, Europe and Senegal. These criminals want to create an environment that will cause Gambians to physically […]
Don’t Let Fake News Fake You Out!
Alagi Yorro Jallow Fake news is so real and so pervasive that it already rings disturbingly familiar. It’s the production and dissemination of false information meant to influence the direction of our Gambian life by deluding anyone unsuspecting enough to swallow it. To our thinking, it’s a matter of championing […]
Jow’s Statement Is Blasphemous
Rebuttal – Coach – Pa Samba Jow’s statement that; “religion has been the biggest problem of Africa because it has far too long subjugated and marginalised woman”. I want to begin by confessing the profound respect I have for my brother – Coach for his level of maturity and meticulous […]
Inculcate A Culture Of Reading Amongst The Youth
Writers like Leopold Senghor, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Chinua Achebe are just but a few of the greatest writers the continent has produced so far. Their materials have and continue to influence a political discourse in the continent and the world at large. In honouring their great work Africa must […]
‘I Want To Know Who Murdered My Son’
The father of the Gambia’s disappeared journalist wants to know “who murdered my son.” Chief Ebrima Manneh, who worked for the Daily Observer newspaper, went missing since July 2006 after his arrrst. He was believed to have been murdered but the Jammeh government never came clean on his whereabouts. Both […]