When the colonizer was in the continent Africans upsurged demanding his departure. Now that he is long gone, children of Nkwame Nkuruma are busy risking it all to enter Europe, following him, looking for a better life. A life they said he had denied them while he was in Africa. […]

By Baba Galleh Jallow One of the reasons Yahya Jammeh lost the December 1st 2016 elections is that he misread the Gambian political situation. Like all dictators, he fell from power when he least expected it because he had been shielded from the reality of Gambian political culture for too […]

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE PLEASE – There is No Compulsion in Religion: Emannuel Daniel Joof The Gambia has been known to be a very tolerant religious society and despite its overwhelming Muslim majority, Christians and Muslims have lived in complete harmony and most families have relatives and friend sharing different religions. Yahay […]

In response to the article Halake’s London Letter: Is CDS Badjie In Charge of the Gambia, Bax wrote the following below 1. President Barrow has a unique opportunity to put a marker down and send a clear message to all officials, particularly the armed and securiry forces: institutions that have […]

  ON THE ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE The Government of The Gambia expresses deep appreciation to ECOWAS, the AU and the United Nations for the support provided to The Gambia to ensure that the verdict of the people delivered at the polls of 1st December 2016 is upheld.  The decision made […]

The untimely death of a Gambian in New York has raised more questions than answers. But in this article culled from New York Daily News, it became clear that Bakary Darboe, an NYU lab technician, was a victim of shadowboxing. After prayer session was held for him at the weekend, […]

Dear Mr. Manneh Immigration’s “legal action” against Star FM. The reported “legal action” against Star FM will be unwise and indeed unnecessary. The facts are as follows: Star FM reported that Sanna Manjang absconded the jurisdiction of The Gambia with false passports issued to him, presumably, by the Immigration Department. […]

His recent death in Brussels at the age of 84 has yet again reminded the continent [Africa] that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is due for elections. Étienne Tshisekedi’s political life started when he came into prominence as an adviser to the first Prime Minister of the then Republic of […]

Jarra Association For Cooperation and Development (JOCAD) based in New York, United States of America, regrets to announce the death of the charitable organiation’s Sectary General. The late Bakary M. Darboe was a social being whose frantic efforts led to the establishment of JOCAD. Mr. Darboe, a native of Pakaliba […]

Thank you, Mr. President – but please stop Yankuba Badjie! M r. President, first of all it is wonderful to create SIS and bury the NIA. Secondly, it is even more wonderful that the SIS will not have power to arrest or detain anyone. Arrest, as you stated earlier, is […]

It all took a concrete-form when King Mohammed VI of Morocco wrote a lengthy letter to the 27th Africa Union (AU) Summit in Rwanda in July 2016. In the letter the ruler indicated their intention to return to the AU. Morocco had initially walked away from the AU; which at the time […]

By Saul Saidykhan About three years ago, we were treated to some sensational images from Dakar, Senegal of an adult Gambian male in blue jeans, white shirt, and dark blazer spread-eagled and dangling barely off the marbled floor as he was being carried by several security men protecting young Sedia […]