After more than two decades in exile, worthy sons and daughters of the Gambia are visiting their country of birth. Some came home unnoticed but family, friends and associates of Bakary Bunja Dabo (alias BB) filled the Banjul International Airport on Thursday when news of his arrival filled the air. […]

The controversial government of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has pardoned jailed fighters from Darfur who have been in prison for many years through exchange deal with rebel groups that have been engaging on a protracted battle for decades. President al-Bashir and his government are cited for committing war crimes […]

Coalition governments are synonymous with internal feuds and clash of principles and interests. However, the maturity and leadership qualities of leaders are most tested during such disagreements. Unfortunately, some have already failed while I extol the ones who refused to give to politics of blackmail, distortion, conjecture and character assassination. […]

Halake’s London Letter: Response to “Gambian Insider” re: Age Amendment Debate. Dear Editor, Clearly my clients, Baa Tambedou and Mai Fatty, have thrown in the towel on this matter. But I suspect that they did so, not because they thought their interpretation of the law is wrong, but because people […]

Frederick Douglass once said, “Those who profess to favour freedom and yet depreciate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it […]

By Emmanuel Daniel Joof (Paps)  Must the Coalition Contest the National Assembly Election as “The Coalition” or Should They Contest as Individual Parties? Why Are Gambians Emotional on This Issue? The Coalition government lead by President Adama Barrow is an amalgam of 6 different political parties (UDP, PPP, NCP, PDOIS, […]

Gambian people have democratically elected government. What we need now is to implement coalition policies that would advance the country’s democracy, rule of law and economic development. This can be achieved either with or without coalition independent members in the National Assembly. The current political, economic and constitutional reform agenda […]

A British High Commissioner caused a storm in Kenya during Daniel arap Moi’s Dictatorship by saying that “The Kenyan Elite is so corrupt that they eat until they vomit on their Gucci shoes” – or something similar. Some 20 years later, Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission is trying to “life-style audit officials […]

If the news or I hope it is mere rumor circulating is true, then we are about to fall off the cliff. It is being reported that the Coalition has been unable to agree on a unified strategy to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections as some member parties prefer to […]

Initially, I would like to make it clear that Islam cannot and shall not be reduced to politics nor does it provide its followers with a blue-print of politics. Nonetheless, Islam has provided us with principles and broad guidelines that will guarantee us a prosperous life in this life and […]

Britain is willing to support the Gambia government to track down former President Yahya Jammeh’s stolen loot. Jammeh, who was forced to relinquish power after an electoral defeat, had  run national coffers dry. The scale of Jammeh’s looting as much bigger than previously anticipated. The lavish former leader left over […]