By Abdoulie John In the wake of a decision taken by the International Trade Center (ITC) to drop one of the major components of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) that deals with Creative Industries, Gambian filmmaker Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu has taken to Facebook to decry such a move. He […]

An erudite Gambian cleric has answered question on whether the deceased mother of former President Yahya Jammeh islamically deserves burial rights in The Gambia, after all, her son denied bonafide Gambians the same rights in the past. Since news of Aja Asombi Bojang’s death broke out, Imam Ceesay has been […]

Following a brief inspection tour of the infamous Bakoteh dumpsite, His Excellency President Adama Barrow has suggested a lasting, sustainable solution to the environmental hazard posed by the waste disposal ground. He said the satellite communities suffer a great deal from the dangers of the dumpsite, not least the children’s […]

His Excellency President Adama Barrow and his Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, have outlined the communications and digital policy of the government which is aimed at connecting The Gambia to the world’s digital economy. At a meeting in Brikama, West Coast region, as part of the ongoing […]

Nairobi, 25th July 2018 – Greenpeace Africa has today handed over a petition to the Agricultural Committee of the Machakos County Assembly. The petition comes after a policy dialogue that was aimed at strengthening interactions between the policymakers; county officials in charge of agriculture and food security; farmers who practice […]

After recently reading an interview with the deputy leader of APRC, none other than Ousman Jatta (Rambo), as usual, I took it with a pinch of salt lest he comes out and says he was misquoted as politicians are fond of whenever they flop. Yet to date I have not […]

The Gambia’s newly appointed Foreign Affairs has traveled to the neighbouring where he met President Macky Sall. Dr. Mamadou Tangara, who was a Special Envoy of Gambian President Adama Barrow,  met President Sall on July 17 in Dakar. During the visit Dr. Tangara and President Sall held discussion on ways […]

By Seedy Fofanah Growing up in the village as a boy in those days was very challenging. You were made as busy as a honey bee. Apart from taking your diurnal and nocturnal Quranic lessons, you were required to do many things. If you were not at school taking your […]

By Abdoulie John A visiting Professor has urged Gambians not to succumb to fear surrounding the use of agriculture biotechnology. The Federal University of Petmambuco (UFPE) lecturer,  Dr. Paulo Pages de Andrade, said some campaigners are spreading fear of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) without providing any scientific background. The Brazilian […]

Alhagi Touray’s article on telling truth dilemma in The Gambia is a great piece, but we have debated this for many years on-line including on Gambia-L and Maafanta newspaper. The Gambia is essentailly a “RELATIVE” country – which is good when it comes to people caring and helping each other […]

In The Gambia we do hesitate to boast of being one nation, one people or one family. To my view, this is true and fantastic, and rarely seen in many parts of the world. The problem with this catchphrase is, it is true until we are challenged to speak out […]

It is enough: do what they are doing if you believe you are who you think you are. Over-sensitivity towards others, lack of self-esteem, and death of sense of pride in oneself as well as taking apologetic approach to irrelevant issues are behind the absense of Mandinka or Mande Groups. […]