The meeting between The Association of Non-governmental Organisation (TANGO) and Gambia Association of Resident Doctors is the worst hypocrisy and facade ever. It is a total nonsense. The whole thing has the hallmark of undermining the Barrow Administration. Why bringing up institutional and administrative reforms now and not before? These […]
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Not Business As Usual
By Baba Galleh Jallow A famous Africanist once said something to the effect that in terms of development, Africa has remained prostrate since independence. While other continents are more or less up on their feet and walking, even if their walk is a stagger, Africa remains unable to rise up […]
Sandeng’s Murderers Being Probed
By Abdoulie John Police in The Gambia arrested last weekend ten officers of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) with possible links to the murder of the former United Democratic Party (UDP) activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng. Police spokesperson David Kujabi confirmed to this reporter that two of them were released on […]
NAWEC MD Challenges Critic
By Abdoulie John The Managing Director of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has challenged critics of the Gambia-Senegal energy deal to provide evidence that the deal does not benefit the Gambia. Baba Fatajo’s reaction comes amid fears that the SENELEC-NAWEC agreement puts the Gambia at a disadvantageous position. […]
President Barrow’s CFTA Speech
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. ADAMA BARROW THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA ON THE LAUNCH OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (CFTA) AT THE EXTRA-ORDINARY SUMMIT OF AFRICAN UNION HEADS OF STATE DATE: 21ST MARCH 2018 VENUE: KIGALI, RWANDA Your Excellency, Mr. Paul Kagame, President of […]
US Gives No Deportation Money
The United States Ambassador to The Gambia has refuted rumours milling in town that her country offered money to deportees to resettle in their home countries. In a statement published below, Ambassador C. Patricia Alsup made it clear that the Gambia government was never given 40 million dollars in exchange […]
Activists Denounce Mauritania Slavery
Press Release Mauritania: Growing repression of human rights defenders who denounce discrimination and slavery · Government continues to deny the existence of slavery but thousands remain enslaved · Activists have faced arrest and torture simply for speaking out against exploitation · Scores of anti-discrimination groups remain banned Mauritanian human rights […]
Stop Misleading The Masses
“Having said that, it is also necessary to remind the Speaker that after all she is not an elected Member of the National Assembly such that even if she is the Speaker, she must be mindful in expelling an elected member out of the house. Halifa Sallah is a directly […]
10 Arrested For Sandeng’s Murder
Police in Banjul have effected more arrests in connection to the fatal torture of the protesting United Democratic Party youths. Ebrima Solo Sandeng, the former Organising Secretary of the United Democratic Party, on April 14, 2016, led a two dozen youth politicians to launch a peaceful protest, calling for electoral […]
Madi Gets It All Wrong Again!
The person responsible for the debacle in the parliament last Thursday is no more than Halifa Sallah. After listening to the audio from parliament this has been universally clear by all sensible and objective Gambian both home and abroad except in the Halifa Sallah camp. This never came as a […]
Meeting The Tiger Lady
Saul Saidykhan On February 9th, 2018 I called an older brother in the morning to check on him only to learn he was taken to the hospital overnight and admitted. I immediately cancelled my other engagements, and crab-walked to the Kotu makeshift cab stand to get a ride to the […]
Doctors’ Rights and Responsibilities
I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) in response to brother Madi Jobarteh’s passionate support of Gambia’s striking junior doctors. Madi’s thesis in support of the doctors’ strike has moved beyond the specific complaint about the Health Minister’s utterances, but I would like to start with my brief comments […]