The disenchanted Hon. Halifa Sallah has now become a populist and a puppet politician who is hell bent on soliciting for the allegiance of the Jola people, APRC supporters, and sympathizers following the recent unfortunate event that took place in Kanilai. As a mind reader, Halifa is praying for more incidents […]

The Gambia’s Interior Minister is once again publicly clearing his name. In a message, Mai Ahmad Fatty writes that he does not authorise the arrest of any lawyer of the State Intelligence Service or any other person of interest to law enforcement. Due to public expressions of concerns communicated to […]

A change of government does not mean there is no law in The Gambia. Disgraceful, yes, but the above statement is the new mantra of the lawless security officer, a catch phrase that embodies the cultural hostility to human rights within large sectors of the security forces in our new […]

By Emmanuel Joof (Paps)  The security of the country needs to be addressed seriously especially given the recent incidents in the Fonis. Unfortunately, we have an army that has been “tribalized” over a period of 22 years and comprising of MFDC rebels from Jammeh’s tribe (fighting for independence from Senegal) […]

By Captain Ebrima Cambi A simple security analysis coupled with a bit of impeccable intelligence from the period of the political impasse to the day of the protest, shows that the protest was not intent on getting rid of the soldiers as the primary motive but a catalyst to an […]

In 1984 Morocco left the Organization of African Unity in protest of the organization’s recognition of Western Sahara as an independent state. This is a country which has a history of several failed attempts of European Union (EU) membership applications. Together with Tunisia and Algeria, these are North African countries that belong to […]

In these days of austerity and crippled Gambian economy, one of the great opportunities for cost savings for our current government is to abolish the military and the so-called State Intelligence Service (SIS). The absence of these military and spy agency expenditures could save a large portion of the national […]

By Saul Saidykhan I just finished reading a shocking article on Facebook in which the author seems to indirectly blame everyone but the true culprits for the violence that happened in Foni three days ago: the uncouth and parochial-minded followers of Yahya Jammeh in his native village of Kanilai. To […]

Few months ago, a friend of mine told me that Ecowas is such an effective regional organization that Morocco is asking to become a member. At first I thought it was just a publicity stunt as it was around the same time that Morocco was re-admitted into African Union (AU) […]

On the Issue of law and order, please permit me to add the following regarding the Farato and Baffuloto incidents. All Gambians must or at least should​ Support the Minister of the Interior, Mai Fatty in this specific instance of restoring and enforcing law and order that apparently​ broke down […]

Mr. President: Let us lay down solid foundations so that we will not be in the same situations fifty years from now. Foreign Investors. It is really refreshing that we hear news about a lot of foreign investors visiting the country these days from China, France, Norway, Qatar etc. This […]

Legislate an Act Providing for Reparation and Recognition of Victims of Human Rights During Yahya Jammeh! Alagi Yorro Jallow The National Assembly must enact a Human Rights Victims Reparations and Recognition Act, and create an independent Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board to administer a compensation fund for the human rights […]