By Abdoulie John In wake of celebrations marking The Gambia’s 54 years of nationhood, civil society groups held on Monday a counter-event at the Youth Monument at Westfield to take stock of the path taken by the country since gaining independence from Great Britain. Renowned Gambian academic, Dr. Ismaela Ceesay, […]
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President Barrow’s Independence Address
ON THE OCCASION OF THE GAMBIA’S 54TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HELD ON 18TH FEBRUARY 2019 AT THE MCCARTHY SQUARE Your Excellency, the First Lady, Fatou Bah-Barrow Your Excellency, Madam Sarjo Mballow-Barrow Your Excellency, the Vice President, Madam Speaker, My Lord, the Chief Justice, Secretary General and Head of the Civil […]
Gambians Celebrate The Birth Of Independence
By Abdoulie John Gambians on stormed MacCarthy Square Monday for the commemorative event marking their country’s independence from British colonial rule. Punctuated by colourful parades, celebratory gunfire (fire of joy), this year’s event provided an opportunity to revisit the country’s attainment of sovereignty. After leading guard of honour, President Adama […]
2019 Is The Turning Point For Gambia
By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow announced on Saturday that the year 2019 will be a turning point for the country as he launched the Banjul Sewage, Drainage and Road Rehabilitation Project. “This event marks another milestone towards the realisation of my government development plan” he said during a colourful […]
Gambia Army Turned into Killer Machine and Torture Chambers
The Author: Sarjo Bayang Hoping that the national army stands to protect life and property, that is not Gambia. Over 22 years of junta rule left the country in tatters. Fear reigns in no lesser way than what a subdued helpless population endured during the rule of terror nobody wants […]
Thousands To Gather In Salikenni For Annual ‘Gaamo’
Thousands of Muslims from across The Gambia and beyond are Saturday 2nd March, 2019 expected to pack in the community of Salikenni in Central Baddibou, North Bank Region to observe its annual Gaamo. It will be held under the auspices of venerable Sheikh Alhaji Omar Ceesay – renowned scholar. Themed:”Islam […]
Congratulations from the people of Israel to The Gambia!
Gambian-Israeli partnership started years before The Gambia’s independence. The two countries’ relations were boosted dramatically by the meeting of Gambian President, H. E. Adama Barrow with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, in Monrovia in June 2017. Ministers and high level officials visited Israel recently, and this is only the […]
TRRC: Justice Before Reconciliation
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHE) and Fellow Royal society of Arts (FRSA) UK) I have been following keenly the sittings of the Gambia truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission since its start in January 2019. In fact, I had written an article titled: National Truth and […]
Welcoming the National Human Rights Commission
Finally, the Gambia has joined the group of nations that have realised the importance of human rights and the value of their citizens by creating a National Human Rights Commission. The effort to create this Commission began way back in 2012 even though the APRC Government was not truly keen […]
Barrow Implores National HR Body To Treat Complainants ‘Fairly And Objectively’
By Abdoulie John Gambia’s Adama Barrow Thursday implored the newly formed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to ensure that all complaints are dealt with in fairness, objective and equitable manner as he sworn into office the five-member panel. The Gambian leader made this remark during the swearing-in ceremony of members […]
Updates On Last Cabinet Meeting
In its third meeting of 2019, Cabinet deliberated on a paper presented by the Hon Minister of Petroleum and Energy on the reform of the petroleum sector which includes amendment of the petroleum ACT 2004 and the establishment of an autonomous petroleum commission. Cabinet was informed that while the current […]
Let’s Reflect On Our Airwave Actions
By Abdoulie John As Gambia joined Wednesday the international community to celebrate World Radio Day, the Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure Ebrima Sillah has called on broadcasters to take stock of the way and manner they are carrying out their duty to inform. “It is deeply important that we […]