I am glad that sanity has finally prevailed. I would like to infinitely thank our fathers, mothers, uncles, brothers and sisters for a job well done. They said all sorts of things against you; that you are not educated; that you are “tribal” which is an insult in all forms […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
April 10&11 Memorial Foundation
For meditate release April 10/11 memorial foundation invites the victims, families of the disappeared, students, members students and the general public, to commemorate the students and individuals that lost their lives as well as the survivors of the horrific events. A group of Gambian citizens based in both the Gambia […]
What UDP’s Electoral Victory Means
I want to congratulate the entire leadership of the United Democratic Party and its supporters for a resounding landslide victory. This victory is the beginning of a new era of political freedom, democracy and constitutional rule that our country has been yearning for 22 years. The UDP’s victories in every […]
UDP Sweeps Legislative Elections
After more than two decades of a painful political fight, the United Democractic Party of Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has swept the first ever legislative elections held by the coalition government. The party that fielded candidates in 44 constituencies has won 31 seats. The win has proven that the UDP is […]
Let’s Stay Out Of Muddy Politics
A renowned Gambian cleric thinks it’s unwise and inappropriate for any religious leader to take sides in the country’s current political brawl. “It’s wise for clerics to remain neutral when politicians are involved in a brawl,” Imam Momodou Ceesay tells Kairo News. “Politicians everywhere will engage in on and off […]
Africans Also Deserve Immediate Total Liberation
Many European countries have constructed their economies on the base of resources looted from Africa as a result of many years of unbalanced trade and colonial conquests. Some former colonizers have strong economies because they continue to benefit from Africa’s natural and intellectual resources. These countries have these resources in […]
Is GRTS DG Overstepping His Mandate?
I am writing to express my sincere support and appreciation to Mr. Ebrima Sillah, the Director General of Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) for the job well done. I also want to pass judgment on the writer who loaded baloney on Mr. Sillah. The said writer’s article is on […]
Your Excellency, It is Time to Reflect!
It It has been four months since our fateful presidential election in December and what a four-month period it has been! Our transition has been anything but smooth and peaceful. If we are to call a transition that took place only after the intervention of a regional military force peaceful […]
Veteran Broadcaster Gets Death Threat
A veteran Gambian broadcaster has had his life threatened by one Bakary Kujabi at Ebo Town in the Kanifing Municipality. Alh. Sarjo Barrow, a radio broadcaster of 36 years, was on his way home when Mr. Kujabi confronted him threatening to deal with him mercilessly. Kujabi, a militant of the […]
Gambia Dispels ‘Rumoured’ Rebel Attack
By Abdoulie John The Gambia government has dispelled rumours of a planned attack on the rebel Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) by the Senegalese soldiers of the Ecowas Military Intervention in the Gambia (ECOMIG). The rumours of the planned attack has created panic and uncertainty in communities along […]
Gambia Needs Clear Strategic Goals
By Lamin Darboe, Leicester Michael Porter, a Harvard professor and one of the preeminent strategic thinkers of this century, argued in his renowned work on the competitiveness of nations that governments don’t create wealth but their proper role is to provide an enabling environment for businesses to flourish. “National prosperity […]
Jammeh’s Atrocity Victims Coalesce
A new committee wants families and survivors of Yahya Jaammeh’s 22-years of brutality to coalesce with them in the fight to demand for justice. In a press release posted below, the Committee for the Victims of Jammeh’s Atrocities and April 10/11 Memorial Foundation invites the families of the disappeared, presumed dead, […]