The failure of the Gambia Democratic Congress’ to sign a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at selecting a single opposition on December 1st presidential election has not gone down well with many Gambians. One of the concerned Gambians who argued that the GDC must join the Coalition boat is Yero Jallow, […]
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Africa’s Smallest State Getting Ready for Crucial Polls
A Political Report by an Ex-Refugee Part One It was early afternoon on Friday 2nd September. It was hot and humid and the roads were muddy, wavy and full of pot holes so you thought you had walked a kilometer when you had done probably only two or three hundred meters. […]
Dr. Touray’s Proposal For Opposition Convention
Proposals for Opposition Convention Submitted to GOFER by Dr. Isatou Touray as a follow up on the draft agreement, October 17, 2016. Introduction Dr. Isatou Touray welcomes and is highly committed to the process for the building up of the opposition coalition for the purpose of ending 22 years of […]
Dino Hydara Is Apolotical
By Babu Soli I was writing to vehemently refute and challenge the veracity of this Sheriff Dino prophecy when I came across the contribution of Edi boy. I will side with Edi boy’s clearance that the speech is not Sheriff Dino’s. I know Dino well before he returned to assume the […]
Politics Won’t Mean A Thing If …
By Unbaised Prince Politics won’t mean a thing or stand for anything if all politicians are hellbent on ignoring tolerance!!! I’m indeed keen on the impetus of Gambia opposition Political Coalition that would yield on importance for a Government in apparent readiness but available to represent and lead the Gambian […]
Ideology Critique 2: Jainaba’s Restless Ghosts
Jainaba Bah Jallow, alias Lamin Sanyang alias Pa/”Mbaa” Njaga, with all her other cloaks of guilt appears to be on a rampage. Her list of occult and duplicitous identities could become the stuff of legend. Those who truly believe in the justness of their cause, the truth of their claims […]
Sheriff Declares “Jammeh’s Is Over”
The exiled Caliph General of Wasadung Sheriff Caliphate has declared that President Yahya Jammeh’s presidency has come to an end. “Yahya Jammeh has ceased to be the President of the Gambia,” Sheriff Dino Hydara said in a circulated audio. Hydara was himself a victim of Yahya Jammeh’s tyranny, forcing him […]
PLAIDOYER (Advocacy) FOR COOPERATION TO OUST TYRANNY & BACKWARDNESS
As the parties set Friday to announce the agreed mechanism to select a coalition flag bearer, I want to outlay, below, why the opportunity is now to free Gambia from the clutches of barbarity and bring back the country from the brink of sectarian disintegration. The tenacity of the UDP […]
Educated Illiterates: Gambian Pseudo Intellectual Class
Knowledge is an ideal that is difficult to define. However, the attainment of education does expose the achiever to understand the reality of societies, which is not based on utopian idealism, or from the lens of fiction and with uncommon currency. Educated illiterates are a group of elites that have the tendency […]
Gambian Opposition Under Pressure To Forge Unity Coalition
As Gambian opposition leaders are edging towards forming a united front against President Yahya Jammeh come Dec. 2016, calls for unity are coming from various corners urging them to bury their differences and put Gambia first. An avalanche of reactions suggest that a coalition of opposition parties is the only […]
We Rall For Travel Ban Against Banjul Not Provisional Visa Denial !!!!
We Rall For Travel Ban Against Banjul Not Provisional Visa Denial !!!! On the 1st of october the government of the United States decided on resorting to a queer measure against the government of the Gambia, denying entry visa to employees of the government and other related entities their spouses and […]
Classic Case Of Unreported Gambian Security Brutality
The picture above is one classic case of many unreported Gambian security brutalities. It is the story of one Daffeh Darboe, a native of Bureng in Eastern Jarra. This man has not committed any crime to justify this type of brutality meted out on him in April during the opposition […]