Whilst the debate on tribal inclusion and diversity is raging within the Gambian diaspora, the United Kingdom head of race relations is calling for ‘positive discrimination’ by systematically helping to create a balance society, and work place. Many Gambians attacked Bakary Badjie for opening a debate with the new CORDEG […]

By Janko Camara This morning, my attention was caught by the above captioned article tempting me to react. In doing so, I would like to make it abundantly vivid that I do not feign any mastery of the processes and procedures that gave rise to the CORDEG Executive, the subject […]

‘A National Democracy’ Agenda for the Republic of citizen activists without direct/special alliances with some groups would have served our cause better.  It would disentangle us from the vices of the Gambia’s undeveloped party politicking. Over time it would appeal to all citizens equally as people’s cause and not an […]

A former high ranking military officer has confidently stated that his hands are clean. Lt. Colonel Pa Modou Ann’s name has never been linked to any atrocity or brutality in the Gambia. The former military administrator has been admired for his high level of professionalism, discipline and willingness to work […]

By Suntou Bolonba Touray Na Tariko program anchor today had an interesting and educative chat with Alhagie Ebrima Darboe, the great grandson of Grand Marabout of Niani Dobo. The elder brother of the Gambia’s veteran opposition leader, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, narrated the history of Dobo Kemo, the man who founded […]

The newly elected Executive of the Committee for the Restoration of Democratic to the Gambia (CORDEG) has angrily reacted to the leakage of its foundation document(s), describing it as “a gross breach of trust.” In a press dispatch, CORDEG fell short of naming any online media for the leakage. “As […]

January 2014 marked the 50th commemoration of the assassination of Patrice Emery Lumumba. Lumumba was one of the greatest forces behind the wrestling of Independence from the unwilling hands of Belgian colonizers of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa’s most celebrated freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela exited this realm at the […]

One of the Gambia’s oldest and best performing senior secondary schools has found itself mired in financial crisis to the extent of not paying staff salaries. The school’s teachers are planning a sit-down strike if their demands have not been met. For so many years, St. Augustine’s Senior Secondary School […]

By Saiks Samateh If any, it is the African intellectuals who have many a times disrespected African values and intellectualism, not knowing your history can at that same time render useless in the face of time.To argue that Gay and Lesbian acceptance is western values clearly indicates here that one […]

Gambian civil society members briefed officials of the European Union on continued tyranny in the Gambia. This is contained in a report issued by the Coalition for Change – The Gambia, UK Campaign for Human Rights in the Gambia, and Human Rights for All. Below is the report: A workshop […]