There are still some Gambians who have got an axe to grind with the Coalition government to a point of vowing to make the Gambia ungovernable. The questions that we ask are whether these people wine and dine with Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship surrogates or they are sheep in wolf’s clothing. […]

By Suntou Touray As politics is a matter of fluid changes and difference of opinion. Some segments of Gambians get entangled with situations that requure dynamic observations and situation analysis. Since we jump in love, it becomes difficult to decipher the different kinds of situations. So is the hotly apportions of blame […]

Journalists must never be an” Impotent Observer” but” Potent Observer” “It’s impossible to carry the torch   of truth through a crowd without   singing somebody’s beard.”  Georg C. Lichtenberg Alagi Yorro Jallow Ethics (the term comes from the Greek word ethos: custom or practice) is that branch of philosophy whose purpose is […]

In Equatorial Guinea JAMMEH’S NIGHTLY CONFESSIONS By Gambiano JAMMEH: First I beseech yester’s Tuti Faal and chide today’s Zeinab. And to Halima I commend a path to Halifa’s heart, if fate needs only wishes to hatch its results. Sallah is what they both share–a happenstance for my bloom or gloom. This, all in dreams of a return […]

The Government of the Republic of The Gambia Statehouse Banjul, The Gambia West AfricaTue 28th Feb 2017 President Adama Barrow, Our very legitimate concerns: Respect for the rule of Law and democratic virtues May it please you to know that we are a newly constituted civil society organisation whose primary […]

By Sheriff Kora The year 2016 and the historic events leading to the elections and the political impasse that followed in The Gambia will go down deep in our political history for several reasons. The greatest achievement of the year was undoutedly the electoral defeat of Yahya Jammeh and cutting […]

THINGS THAT MATTER: THE GAMBIANS – OUR CLOSEST AFRICAN BROTHERS BY SIR HENRY FRASER For my special tribute to Black History month, I want to take a look at The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa, and a country close to my heart. I first heard about The Gambia […]

If in fact this was an incident of thuggish behaviour coming from a section of the APRC supporters, then the best course of action, in my opinion is to ignore them altogether and let them burn themselves out, and not seek to engage them in any way, unless they have […]

By Ebou Gaye   It is lamentable that oppression is common in many parts of the world, particularly in Africa where it is the order of the day and condoned by many.   This outrageous, provocative act takes various forms, such as harassment; humiliation; torture; arbitrary arrest; detention without trial; […]

A heated English pub discussion on a Sunday evening, my dear readers, is brought to you as a “London Letter”. It all began with a consensus that we Londoners DO NOT want The Donald to visit our city. Allowing him to address the Houses of Parliament would be sacrilege, we […]

Congratulations to all Gambian citizens for a colourful celebration of our country’s 52nd independence anniversary which also marked the inauguration of our first democratic transfer of political power – a transfer that is based on aspirations and will of the people. This day was a special important day in our […]

African leadership, no doubt, has a duty to save the continent’s people from dying in the high seas, but the African People also have a duty to elect, empower or accept leaders who are fit to lead their nations. It is our collective duty, as the owners of our countries, […]