By Baba Galleh Jallow Truth commissions are complicated institutions. Their very existence is mired in controversy. Their mandates are often complicated and misunderstood by the publics they serve. They are often considered a panacea for all the human rights and criminal justice-related issues in society. They never manage to mobilize […]

By Baba Galleh Jallow A famous Africanist once said something to the effect that in terms of development, Africa has remained prostrate since independence. While other continents are more or less up on their feet and walking, even if their walk is a stagger, Africa remains unable to rise up […]

Striking Gambian doctors have been urged to put the interest of their dying patients and return to work or else the government seek help elsewhere. “Since healthcare delivery is the highest attainable standard of a fundamental right of every human being, doctors should balance their individual rights and their duty […]

Press Release Mauritania: Growing repression of human rights defenders who denounce discrimination and slavery · Government continues to deny the existence of slavery but thousands remain enslaved · Activists have faced arrest and torture simply for speaking out against exploitation · Scores of anti-discrimination groups remain banned Mauritanian human rights […]

The person responsible for the debacle in the parliament last Thursday is no more than Halifa Sallah. After listening to the audio from parliament this has been universally clear by all sensible and objective Gambian both home and abroad except in the Halifa Sallah camp. This never came as a […]

I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) in response to brother Madi Jobarteh’s passionate support of Gambia’s striking junior doctors. Madi’s thesis in support of the doctors’ strike has moved beyond the specific complaint about the Health Minister’s utterances, but I would like to start with my brief comments […]

Sheriff Kora’s article [The Broken Gavel – Halifa Sallah v Mariam Denton] is a brilliant one and up to the point. The key words in recent behavior manifested in the National Assembly are lack of “emotional intelligence” as indicated in the article. Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize self […]

  The altercation between the Speaker of the National Assembly Mariam Denton and the Member for Serre Kunda Halifa Sallah is utterly unfortunate, uncalled for and a direct threat to our democracy for which the Speaker must be held to account. The reports that the unfortunate matter arose out of […]

As the KMC ward election is set for April 12, more candidates have filed their nomination papers under a political party banner or as a non-partisan politician. The country’s new democratic dispensation has brought about positive changes, providing more opportunities for Gambians to exercise their civic and political liberties. “I’ve […]

By Saul Saidykhan In the early afternoon of Sunday January 28, 2018, we walked into President Barrow’s small office in his official residence at State House, Banjul. The meeting was arranged by one of the President’s closest aides in whose company I was. It is our first meeting – ever. […]

By Abdoulie John At least 19 ward candidates vying in the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) under the ticket of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have had their nomination accepted by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday. The candidates are fleshing their muscles for the April 12th local government elections, […]