Mr. Editor, Please allow me space to respond to Mr Ousainou Mbenga’s ongoing crusade against United Democratic Party in his latest article titled “Gambia: No Agenda Can Remain Hidden Forever. United Democratic Party Hegemony Declared!”. Mr Mbenga’s ongoing systematic insinuating comments to nefariously attach tribal hegemony or so-called “hidden agenda” […]

I could not stand the temptation not to respond to Ousainou Mbenga´s article on Freedom Newspaper dated October 26th, 2017 titled Gambia: No Agenda Can Remain Hidden Forever. United Democratic Party Hegemony Declared! I disagree fully with Ousainou Mbenga on his description of the Gambia`s UDP (United Democratic Party) as Hegemony […]

I wish to use your widely read newspaper to register my views on the recent developments concerning Hon. Halifa Sallah’s criticisms of the Gambia government, during his UK visit, and the subsequent government response entitled “Barrow hits back at Halifa” in your Friday 20/10/17 edition. I am not at all […]

The leader of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has finally got a reply to his barrage of attacks on the Gambia’s Coalition government. Hon. Halifa Sallah’s party is a member of a Coalition that dislodged Yahya Jammeh from power in December last year. Except the PDOIS, all […]

Well, the case of Omar Sadio’s (son of Casamance rebel faction leader Salif Sadio) enlistment in the Gambian army is not a surprise to some of us who have been blowing trumpet on the issue for a very long time. Casamance Jola tribal dominated rebellion was designed to ensure Jola […]

It is not only insulting to the intelligence of ordinary Gambians but it is also regrettable that some of us live on alternative truth. As weeks go by, the first commission of inquiry set up in the “New Gambia” to look into the assets of Jammeh Kanilai and his close […]

“Getting Yaya Jammeh out; that is the easy part, the real work lies in the aftermath of his ouster.” The aforementioned has almost become a cliché among The Gambia’s political commentators. There is no doubt that the current Gambian political environment is a polarized one, at least online and sadly; […]

By Lamin J Darbo Representation of the people On elections, the schizophrenic nature of the Constitution is yet again brilliantly displayed. On the issue of “representation of the people”, there are references to “public elections”, to “elections”, and to “referenda” voting. The Constitution defines “public elections” as “the election for […]

By Lamin J Darbo Present, interested, and wielding the veto: why The 1997 Constitution of The Republic of The Gambia is an irredeemable instrument of violence and democratic paralysis Abstract As a national document, the constitution of a democratic society must settle public power in a manner that avoids concentrating authority […]

President Adama Barrow on Tuesday launched the Gambian government’s Security Sector Reform project. The news is contained in a statement issued by the President’s Press Director. President Barrow said: “When my administration was sworn in last January, it was clear to us that we were taking over a security sector […]

Give Jarra thought, suggests Dida Halake Some ten years ago, on a journey from Kotu to Koina, I  stopped at Mansakonko for lunch and admired the lush vegetation and the hospitable people of this part of The Gambia. The debate over the poor state of Gambia’s current capital, Banjul, has brought […]