“Goam bunyudul lal du werr muk” – An untreated wound will never heal! By Ousainou Mbenga In my humble view, the treatment must begin from a historical analysis of how this wound was inflicted on us in order to establish the appropriate treatment and save subsequent generations from living with […]
Society
8 Years Of Disappearance Without Trace
By Fabakary B. Ceesay They were comrades in politics and very good friends at all levels. April 4th, 2014, marks exactly eight years since their abduction and disappearance without trace. Little did the families and loved ones of Momodou Lamin Nyassi, Buba Sanyang and Ndongo Mboob know they would never […]
Peter Singhatey Exposed
Peter Begs Jammeh To Spare The Singhatey Family By Alhajie Kanteh The Gambia Daily Observer recently carried a publication conveying message of goodwill and support of erstwhile Lt. Col. Peter Singhatey to the dictator Jammeh and his brutal regime. Singhatey, who is on self-imposed exile somewhere in Ireland, is coming […]
Jammeh: Media Is Not Your Enemy
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang in The Netherlands The freedom of the media in the Gambia was seized on the 22nd of July 1994, when our democratic government was forcefully overthrown by President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh and his bunch of criminals. From that day to date, so many rights, including those […]
Gambia's Music Guru Fights Back
A veteran Gambian musician has called for cessation of what he called “demonizing musicians of the 70s.” Babou Jobe is being pursued for sounding his opinion that the environment is not conducive for a conscious artist. “I have been publicly – on national radio – lambasted by the Gambian music […]