By Baba Jobe It’s 2016, an election year in the Gambia, and political activities for the December 1st polls have already began. It’s a year that marks twenty-two years of persecutions in the form of arbitrary arrests, detention without trial, kidnapping, disappearances and extrajudicial killings by the dictatorial regime of […]
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May God Save Dear Little Gambia Part 2
By Sulayman (Saul) Saidykhan We have five opposition candidates lined up against Yaya Jammeh: Halifa Sallah, Hamat Bah, Mama Kandeh, Adama Barrow, and Dr. Isatou Touray. I’ve listened to and read many people with divergent views on them all. I find some of the views quite perplexing to say the […]
Why Jammeh Is A Unique Dictator
By Sulayman Touray I think two things make Yahya Jammeh the most brutal, dangerous and unique dictator among many dictators in the past. He uses religion to the best of his ability. In that he hides behind Islam to do his manipulation. A dictator who suffocates of all the business […]
Ideology Critique: Ousman Manjang On Sajor Jallow’s Abduction
I sincerely join Mr. Ousman Manjang in demanding for the immediate release from detention of Mr. Momodou Sajor Jallow who was as swiftly stripped of his ministerial position soon after he was appointed. I would also like to use this occasion to call for the release of Ousainou Darboe and all […]
UDP Diaspora Responds To Madi Jobarteh
Diaspora UDP Response to Madi Jorbateh’s Letter to UDP Interim Secretary General and Party Leader Aji Yam Secka We feel obliged to respond to Mr. Jobarteh’s request to not select a flag bearer instead to follow the leadership of Dr. Isatou Touray, an independent candidate for president. We in […]
May God Save Dear Little Gambia Part 1
By Sulayman (Saul) Saidykhan Less than two weeks ago, the female trailblazer, Dr. Isatou Touray caused considerable buzz both within and outside The Gambia by announcing her candidature as an Independent in the country’s presidential poll slated for this December. Perhaps not surprising, much of the excitement revolves around the […]
No Evidence In Islam That Woman Cannot Be A Political Leader
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PGCertTHE/FHEA), Associate Professor of Islamic Theology and Philosophy at The Muslim College & Researcher/Lecturer at London Central Mosque. He is Founder of Timbuktu International Research Centre I write this article upon reflection on writings and discussions in the Gambian social media whether women can be […]
Jammeh’s Plot To Sabotage Opposition
Gambian opposition parties have been alerted to expect the road to the December 1st general election to be somehow bumpy, top security sources tell Kairo News. Yahya Jammeh, our sources add, is a paranoid leader who is not yet prepared for an opposition victory. For him, an opposition election victory […]
Who Will Be Gambia’s Next President?
The political parties and the people of the Gambia are poised for election to fill the highest position in the country. What is to happen on 1 December 2016 is unfolding day by day as candidates declare their candidature and as people take their stand. The 2016 presidential election appears to be one that […]
UDP Should Lead The Coalition But…
The main purpose of any electoral coalition is to merge the resources of two or more parties to improve electoral outcomes for the members of the coalition. This may involve uniting behind common candidates or, in plurality-majority systems, agreeing not to compete against each other in particular electoral districts. Often, […]
How Diaspora Media Helps Jammeh
Politics and electoral campaigning are all about propaganda. Whether positive or negative propaganda it does not matter, for propaganda is propaganda. It favors or damages something period. For the longest time since the beginning of 2016, with the exception of Pa Nderry Mbye and Fatu Camara almost all other radio […]
Our Salvation Lies In Compromise
Politics is all about convincing your aopponents to seek compromise to solve problems. Politicians who are unwilling to compromise not only cause political polarization which leads to insolvent of national problems but also defeat the whole purpose of representation of people’s common interests at the national level. The Gambia’s opposition […]