The European Parliament has passed a resolution expressing concern over the “rapidly-worsening security and human rights situation in the Gambia.” It called on EU and its member states to consider freezing all non-humanitarian assistance to the Gambia government and imposing travel bans or other targeted sanctions on officials responsible for […]

By Dodou Jawneh The disappointment is written all over our faces when the opposition parties met with the officials of the Gambia’s draconian regime to discuss and sign a memorandum of understanding, otherwise refer to as the interparty talks. In the real world, this is commendable move as dialogue leads […]

Dear Yahya Jammeh, We understand that you are unhappy with your Inspector General of Police, Yankuba Sonko, because of the unexpectedly large number of protesters, the majority of whom are women. You wanted the women stopped at the Denton Bridge. What you fail to understand is that the climate of […]

We Must Take Our Country Back by Hook or by Crook! By Mustapha Jawara The events of April 14th and 16th were turning points in our country’s checkered history. Democracy comes with responsibilities that are non-negotiable so Jammeh cannot have the singular authority to usurp those rights without consequences. History […]

There are two major powers in the country. There is the power of the people and the power of the state. Political contest is a contest for state power. There are five types of political contests which could make state power to change hands. Civilians could take up arms and […]

This article does not provide answers to our current political crisis but rather seeks to provide brief analysis of some of the issues we are facing. My doors are however open to further analysis and way forward. SCENARIO ONE Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and co were last Thursday denied bail even […]

When the architects of the Gulag of the New Islamic Republic of The Gambia arrogantly, and impudently railroad the state into a political and moral cul-de-sac or dead-end locally and internationally on the question of maladministration, perversion and sadistic practices, there is an aged old rhetorical device that is often […]

By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands Twenty-two years of brutal dictatorship in our country must stop now. Too much of killings, tortures, rapes, unlawful arrests, humiliations, among other state-sponsored crimes, must come to an end. Following the unlawful arrest and killing of Hon Ebrima Solo Sandeng, a senior member of […]

The woman managing the state-sponsored crisis of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party has issued a press statement listing the party’s uncompromising demands. Mariam Secka’s demands include unconditional release of all detainees, and that investigation be launched on the reported death of Solo Sandeng and brutal torture of detainees. […]

By Pata PJ (Senegal) I got the chance to listen to #OJ Jallow’s interview on Gainako. Here is my take: GAAARRBBBAAAGGGEEE! GARBAGE. And here is why: Nobody is forcing OJ to take to the streets. HE promised it. OJ was single-handedly the only opposition party leader to have promoted and […]

My fellow compatriots, what is going on in the Gambia is not a laughing matter, it is a matter of life and death, a matter of democracy and dictatorship, a matter of impunity and rule of law. Those who can find room to laugh, those who can find room to […]

By Janko Camara “There is a time when we should heed a certain cause ‘Cause the world, it seems is riding it’s line ‘Cause there’s a chance for taking In needing our own lives It seems we need nothing at all” from the song We Are The World Like in […]