By Baba Galleh Jallow For once, we feel some level of confidence in hypothesizing that the end is near for Yahya Jammeh. Perhaps he might live a long life. But he might just be at or near the end of his days in power. Recent trends in his increasingly erratic […]

By Abdoulie John Gambia opposition leader Mai Ahmad Fatty refuses to be distracted by President Yahya Jammeh’s latest move to expel EU diplomat Agnés Guillaud, describing it as part of an “organized distraction”. “We will not permit you to dictate the narrative. Expel a thousand foreign diplomats and taunt all […]

The PDOIS Congress meeting in Bansang, CRR, from 22nd May to the 25th May 2015, under a climate of unbounded hospitality and serenity; Alerted and driven into action by a deep sense of concern for the skyrocketing deficit in liberty and prosperity in the country and an acknowledgement of a […]

    European Union officials have been astonished by the expulsion of their Charge d’Affaires in The Gambia, with the bloc’s spokesman saying “the announcement came with no explanation.” EU officials on Saturday summoned Gambian Ambassador to seek an explanation of the expulsion, the bloc’s Foreign Policy Spokesman told AFP. […]

By Yero Jallow At a thank-you Party commemorating his victory to the Alder in Madison’s common Council District 17, Alder-Elect Councillor Samba Baldeh on Saturday May 30th 2015 acknowledged the great work done by his Campaign Manager Fatou Ceesay, Treasurer Sue, long time business partner Jerreh Kujabi, a long list […]

Correcting misinformation, deceit, fabrications and insults Fellow Gambians, as duty calls, the willing answer. After the success of the first leg of our tour of the country, the United Democratic Party national executive committee has mandated us to go on the second leg of the regional tour. This is to […]

  By Janko Camara I am not an admirer of the IMF as far as their interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa are concerned. This is because generally, they have not been doing a good job in diagnosing the ills of our economies and the one-cap-fits-all panaceas usually provided are even more […]

  By Foday Samateh This regards your visit to Jali and related matters. For starters, I’ve long since decided never to address you by the office you occupy. And all Gambians should renounce glorifying the abomination of calling you president. You don’t have the dignity or the character for such […]

By Prof. Mammo Muchie Africa Day for Pan-African Education African Liberation Day falls on 25 May every year. But how many Africans of today know that, and more so, what it is? With the current African narrative changing the global view of the continent, the time to use African Liberation […]

Dear editor, Allow me space to highlight the tragedy of our security forces that are paid by Gambian tax payers who end up meting harrowing assault on the citizenry. The state of Gambia under the clutches of dictator Jammeh has not only ruined our Gambianness but turn the security services […]

Press freedom rights group hailed Angola’s provincial court for dropping all 24 criminal libel charges Rafael Marques. The investigative journalist and activist risked being jailed for 14 years, Rapporteur Sans Frontieres said. He was sued by seven army generals and a group of private companies over his allegations of grave […]

By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands For The Gambia Our Homeland is the national anthem of The Gambia, written by Virginia Julia Howe and composed by Jeremy Frederic Howe (based on the traditional Mandinka song Foday Kaba Dumbuya). It was adopted after an international competition to produce an anthem (and […]