The death of Landing Kinteba on Friday, September 15th, 2023 has shocked Gambians to the bone. For over four decades Landing Nasso better known as Landing Kinteba traveled everywhere in the Gambia and the subregion, singing his own composed songs. Landing eulogised Prophet Muhammad, Saints and even ordinary people. Born […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
Barrow Visits Wounded PIU Officer
Gambian President Adama Barrow today visited the police officer hospitalised following a terror attack on her colleagues while mounting a checkpoint at the Sukuta-Jabang highway last night. President Barrow had earlier paid his last redpect to costables Pateh Jallow and Sang Gomez at the mortuary at St. Francis Edward Small […]
Gambia Police Terror Suspect Arrested
News is just emerging that the man who unleashed a terror attack on police intervention unit officers mounting checkpoint at Sukuta is apprended in Senegal. It is confirmed that the suspect Ousainou Bojang reportedly confessed to his participation in the fatal shooting of police constables Pateh Jallow and Sang Gomez […]
Who Killed Gambia’s PIU Officers?
The driveby shooting of the Police Intervention Unit officers on duty last night has thrown the Gambia in a state of panic, fear and sadness. Many even disbelieve to be greeted with the tragic shooting of young police officers who provide security for everyone. Two of the officers — Constable […]
Gambia President Condemns Terror On Police
Gambian President has condemned the fatal terrorism attack on the police, assuring the grieving nation that his government will leave no stone unturned to arrest culprits of the cowardly act. In a Security Council meeting on Wednesday President Adama Barrow said the police are using every tool to arrest the […]
A Reality Check for Junta Leaders of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Junta Leader Captain Ibrahim Traore/ Reuters Image It’s time for the Junta leaders of Burkina Faso to put up or shut up and go back to barracks. Why? Because when they came to power they told their City scenery that they are they have taken over to deal […]
Gambia Qualifies African Cup of Nations
Baboucarr Camara Facebook Picture The Gambia has once again booked its place in the African Cup of Nations in the earthquake-devastated Morocco. The country’s team, the Scorpions, qualified after coming from two goals behind and forced a 2-2 draw with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday. The Scorpions scored […]
Chief Justice Attends Commonwealth Conference
Hon. Hassan B Jallow, the Chief Justice of The Gambia, arrived in London this morning to attend the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association Conference 2023, which will be held in Cardiff City, Wales. The conference is scheduled to take place from the 10th to the 14th of September 2023 at […]
In The Sam Sart VS GAF, The Verdict Is Out
By Demba Nyima, Atlanta, GA, USA The fundamental essence of a thriving democracy, deeply ingrained in the art of civil discourse, represents the cornerstone upon which progressive liberal society is built. This underpinning principle not only fosters a rich amalgamation of ideas, experiences, and backgrounds but also engenders an environment […]
Gabon coup: President Bongo calls for help as army takes power
A really simple take on what’s going on Emma Owen Live reporter Good afternoon. If you’re joining us afresh, or checking back in on the latest developments, this should get you up to speed quickly: Why was there a coup? The coup leaders disagreed with the official results of the […]
As UDP Turns 27, Reflections Dipped in Honey and Hemlock
By Modou Modou, New York, USA 27 years, reminiscent of the old Greek adage, can neither be discounted as the swift passage of Helios’ chariot across the skies, nor likened to the mere blinking of Athena’s wise eyes. Just as the venerable philosopher, Plato, once intoned, “Time is the moving […]
Niger Junta Expels French Envoy
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger’s coup leader/Reuters Image Niger’s coup leaders have given the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country as bilateral ties continue to deteriorate rapidly. The junta said Sylvain Itte had refused to respond to an invitation to meet Niger’s foreign minister. France, a former colonial power, […]