In the current Gambian political dialogue, it is a norm to compare the First Republic with the Second. This, in my view legitimizes a military regime that has never had any intention of playing by the dictates of democracy. Comparing the two Republics is forgetting how the second Republic came […]

The Gambia government is yet to notify the United Democratic Party and family of Ebrima Solo Krummah about his death. In a press statement published below, the opposition party confirmed that Krummah died after an unauthorised surgery at Edward Francis Small Hospital in Banjul on Saturday. Read the statement in […]

One woman has got an axe to grind with President Yahya Jammeh for destroying the Jola brand. In a very touching letter published below, Fatou Musukebba Tamba explains why Jola speaking people must not sit back and watch one man’s lust for power to soil the “good name our forefathers have lived with […]

THE STORY BY TURAMAKANG TRAWALLY Once Upon A Time In Senghor’s NDOUMBAY LAND there lived all the animals of West Africa living, gracing and enjoying harmoniously under the umbrella of Peace, Progress and Prosperity to warrant the worthy etiquette of “Smiling Coast of the West” as would brag from the envious wild. […]

REJOINDER TO BATCH ON WHY PDOIS KEEPS RINGING PRIMARY BELLS? I think Mr Batch Samba was simply dreaming about Gambian politics when he was writing his ugly and misleading piece if he is indeed an opposition sympathiser. First and foremost, Mr. Batch has contradicted his own self without realising it […]

Revealing PDOIS Hatched Secret Primary Plans It has been a persistent song of the leadership and supporters of PDOIS that the best and only viable way of selecting the leader of an opposition Coalition is through a primary election. One will wonder why a small and unpopular political party like PDOIS has been adamant on […]

The cold-blooded murder of an opposition activist has left the director general of the National Intelligence Agency a completely confused, dejected and paralysed being. Yankuba Badjie’s close associates and neighbours have taken note of how “a calm and easygoing man” has turned into a “complaint master.” Until Ebrima Solo Sandeng […]

By Seedy S. Fofanah, former Lecturer at the University of the Gambia The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent economic outlook on the Gambia is very bleak. IMF speaks and writes in a cover of diplomacy, utilizing an ancient method of ‘carrot and stick’. The organization is a private enterprise, and […]

Seriously, our problems are bigger than we thought. Less than four months to the presidential elections, with no possible coalition talks yet, these parties have no formula for how they could find a consensus on WHO/WHAT leads, HOW/WHY. The party (People’s Progressive Party) that does not have an intention of […]

By Foday Samateh It had all the makings of the Rivonia Trial. A tyrannical regime. A subservient judiciary. A famous defendant with a reputable standing. And a clear-cut moral crusade. Only the specifics were different. Mandela had been charged with treason for engaging in a sabotage bombing campaign to bring down […]

By Seedy S. Fofanah, Former Lecturer at University of the Gambia In June of 2015, the IMF warned the Gambia government (specifically, the Office of the President) not to interfere in the foreign market. This warning came after President Yahya Jammeh meddled in the sector, setting rates that caused panic […]

Sunday was also another successful day for our great party. We proved beyond all the reasonable doubts that the United Democratic Party (UDP) is the greatest party in Gambia. Again, we had a crowd not out of frustration. We had a crowd not out of reprisal and not a hired […]