By Boto Sanneh Editor’s note: ‘A field trip narrative, very insightful and revealing’ “Individuals have argued that the anti-FGM position in the Gambia is not thoroughly researched, not well-thought out and formulated and somehow, too Eurocentric and foreign donor-driven.” Last month while on a brief visit home in Gambia, I […]

The son of former Gambian President has finally fallen out with the man who ousted his father from office. Ebrima Jawara, who has so many titles under his belt, was not only arrested but also charged with economic crime. Ebrima Jawara’s latest news – broken by The Point – was […]

Al-Jazeera crew has become the latest casualty of President Yahya Jammeh’s betrayal. The Qatari-based tv crew was in The Gambia for an approved government assignment only to have their permits revoked by the West African country’s Ministry of Information and Communication, which issued the permits. “The team of Al-Jazeera journalists were […]

Last month saw the end of the month long Muslim fasting season of Ramadan and few had their political sensitivities or antenna turned on under that month piety. In fact during whole month politicians, their supporters, party militants and even the party organizations chill out and put all politics on […]

  The governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia, Mr. Amadou Colley, has said that government’s expenditure has been more than the revenue, excluding grants, by about D2.23 billion in the first half of 2015, according to provisional data on the fiscal operations of The Gambia. Mr. Colley added […]

The defeat of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) by the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) in the Lower Saloum by-election has proven the ruling party members fears of losing an election in a level playing field hence the urgency to tighten laws in a bid to […]

More than 200 convicted prisoners, including 31 treasoners, have become beneficiaries of President Yahya Jammeh’s amnesty. Also freed were the illegally detained family members and friends of the December 30th failed attempt coup. Families and friends of the freed convicts gathered in Mile 2 yesterday to witness what they had […]

What Options Are Available? A statement recently released by six opposition parties reveals that the parties have been in talks with each other about their long sought electoral reforms  and “to take stock of all constitutional, legal, procedural and administrative challenges confronting the electoral system” since the 11th of May […]

Exactly a year ago, Gambians woke up with the shocking news of Bubacarr [Buba] Michael Baldeh’s death. The fall of man a who had left an indelible ink on our country’s political history was too bitter to swallow. Gambians soon poured in messages of condolences and prayers on the Baldeh […]

A former close aide of President Yahya Jammeh has blamed the First Lady for what he called “her husband’s never-ending brutality.” The aide said Gambians would have long since “enjoyed peace and stability had Madam Zeinab Zuma Jammeh done the right thing.” “So I blame the First Lady for not […]

IMF Concludes Article Five Visit In Banjul After the rude and abrupt executive interference in the setting of foreign exchange rates for the Dalasi, artificially letting it appreciate by close 70%, decreed by the Office of the President, many Gambians were put in a state of shock. Many of the […]