By Kinteh My observations above aren’t meant to vilify Mr. Darboe’s good character, nor was I out to doubt his competency to steer the affairs of the party and the hopes of many to see change come to the country. Nevertheless, it belongs to mature political culture, to debate […]

I’d written this back in 2014 and with a little tweak to reflect our current situation in the election year, I thought I’d reproduce. I was sitting at home minding my business and thought I would grab my routine dose of Gambian News, so I went on reading the local […]

The fairness of any contest is being questioned when the umpire is not legally appointed. The credibility of such a contest is undermined well before combatants enter the ring. It becomes frustrating and confusing when the illegally appointed umpire tweaks on the law. This is exactly the case of the […]

There was panic among corrupt incumbent and former government officials Tuesday after news filtered in that President Muhammadu Buhari has signed agreements with the United Arab Emirate on repatriation of stolen funds and extradition of culpable officials. The Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal and Commercial Matters, which will allow the […]

By Sainey Faye AMILCAR CABRAL – 1924-1973, A REVOLUTIONARY AFRICAN HERO Remembering Amilcar Cabral (Abel DjassI) “KAABU NYANGCHO” -1924-1973 JANUARY 20TH, 1973 …On this date Amilcar Cabral, one of Africa’s greatest revolutionaries was killed by Portuguese Colonialist agents in Conakry, Guinea.A true Pan-Africanist and an outstanding theoritician of the anti-colonial, anti-imperialist struggle; […]

By Baba G. Jallow Back in 2013 when he reduced the work week from five to four days, I wrote a piece in which I argued that contrary to fears in some quarters, imposing Sharia law was not an option for Mr. Jammeh. In the light of recent developments in […]

The lifting of a two week old directive ordering women working in the Civil Service to cover their hair has once again proven President Yahya Jammeh’s unreliability, weakness in decision making and lack of leadership. The death of the directive should provide clue to the dictator that he can toy […]

By Unbiased Prince Yaya Jammeh’s 2016 lamentable yet awful resolution which have already set sail while meaning appalling phenomenon on my Gambian community (as ‘Foni Residents in the Gambia are Fleeing right now from Yaya Jammeh’s Witchcraft of Terrorism’) have meant a man-made calamity be unfolding without any needed terrains […]

By Sulayman Saul Saidykhan Even at 73 years old, he is alert. He stands tall both literally, and figuratively. With the genes of the willowy Sahel nomad in him, his gait is wide, steady, graceful, and agile. Born to a poor Fulani father and a Hausa mother in present day […]

The return of Yahya Jammeh’s authorised witch hunting exercise has forced some Foni residents to flee to Casamance in Southern Senegal. Most of the fleeing residents belong to Mr. Jammeh’s Jola speaking ethnic group. They fear being invaded by the dictator’s team of witch hunters who forcibly transport their victims […]

The last weekend’s defection of a ruling party political kingpin is a sign that The Gambia’s dictator leader is losing political capital, an invisible currency that a politician uses to mobilise the voting public. This clearly depicts that Yahya Jammeh’s influence and popularity within his Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction […]

By Abdoulie John One year after Gambia presidential palace attack by a group of dissidents from United States and Europe, the bodies of the assailants killed are still in the custody of the Jammeh regime, despite a torrent of calls to hand them over to their respective families. “For us their families, we […]