By David Smith in Johannesburg Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken of his pain at being snubbed by organisers of Nelson Mandela’s funeral last year as his relationship with South Africa’s dominant party continues to sour. Tutu, who like Mandela won the Nobel peace prize as a leader of […]

President Yahya Jammeh’s dialogue with the people’s tour has proven to be a moment that instills fear and apprehension among district chiefs, alkalolu and senior government officials who have become victims of either arrest, detention or sacking. Some have been charged with giving false information to a public officer or […]

A senior political activist has pinpointed what can be seen as the greatest obstacles to the struggle to liberate the Gambia from the clutches of tyranny. “The political persecution of targeted opposition/UDP activists or supporters must stop,” Mr. Alkali Conteh writes, in reaction to the arrest and detention incommunicado of […]

  By Suntou Touray Dida Halake Asks, “was OJ Jallow not playing by the rule in Gambian opposition Unity efforts 20 years down the line?”  The former Agriculture Minister of the deposed PPP government made a rallying cry for Gambian opposition to unite in a recent gathering in America. However, […]

The family of an opposition activist of the United Democratic Party has cried foul about the arrest and subsequent detention of Kasim Fadera. Mr. Fadera, a petty trader in Jarra Soma in Lower River Region, was picked up by agents of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) last week. Family sources […]

The person endowed with the knowledge of the Gambia’s State House has cautioned rude staff, particularly security officers, to comport themselves within the confines of respect at all times. The source, name withheld for security reasons, said he has been following developments at State House since the colonial era. “The […]

The Coordinator of the People’s Progressive Party has reiterated the need for the opposition to fight together as one people to get rid of what he called “this accidental history.” Omar Amadou Jallow expressed his party’s willingness to coalesce with other opposition parties to “once and for all vote Yahya […]

The Gambia’s celebrated reggae artist believes that the respect for Africa and her people lies with the continent’s unity. Demba Conta was born in Niani Yona in the Central River Region in the 50s. He rose to fame in the mid-80s when he hit the music scene like a storm […]

Voice of reason opines that “when one wants all, he loses all” such is manifested in President Jammeh. As human beings, we at certain stage of our lives reach moments when we are tempted to caress the notion that we can say and/or do anything and no one can do […]

The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) has called on the Jammeh government to prosecute all those who have been implicated by the inquiry commission into the April 10 and 11, 2000 bloody student protest. This call is contained in a statement issued by CORDEG. Find […]

I have just seen DUGA’s open letter to Youssou Ndour (my hero too for his anti-Apartheid activism – he did the Anthem “BIKO” with Peter Gabriel). With great respect to DUGA, and other Diaspora Gambians who have been criticising Senegalese musicians and even Macky Sall himself, people who are fighting […]