Let me agree with Mathew Jallow when he said that UDP and PDOIS are fundamentally different in style but I want to add that they are different in every other way. According to Prof. PLO Lumumba, “parties that rely on the support of an ethnic group are not really parties […]
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ANC Recalls President Zuma
President Jacob Zuma has become the second President to be recalled by his party in post-apartheid South Africa. The National Executive Committee (NEC) recall Mr. Zuma after efforts to have him resigned has failed. Through a similar recall in September 2008, former President Thabo Mbeki resigned, giving room to Kgalema Motlanthe […]
What Separates UDP And PDOIS
There is a fundamental, albeit a significant, difference between UDP [United Democratic Party] and PDOIS [People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism], and between Ousainou Darboe and Halifa Sallah. PDOIS is a doctrinaire party; the types that revolve around a single individual, not unlike a cult, and was in style […]
Jammeh Is Shamed Again
President Adama Barrow is not only right to reverse any controversial or selfish decisions of his predecessor but he has also succeeded in shaming Yahya Jammeh, the man who unilaterally withdrew the Gambia from the Commonwealth of Nations. The admission of the Gambia into the Commonwealth, an organisation of mostly […]
Samateh, Jaiteh Join PSC
President Barrow swore-in the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Mr. Lamin Samateh and Lamin Sam Jaiteh, a member during a Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, 8th February 2018. The duo swore to the prescribed oaths of office, allegiance and secrecy to the Republic of The Gambia. The President described […]
Financial Empowerment Is Back
Financial Empowerment program is back on Kairo Radio every Monday. Resourced by Gambian financial expert Kemo Barrow, the Financial Empowerment program which aired on Kairo Radio last year, took a break for some months. The moderator of the program Musa Saidykhan felt it was about time the program gets back […]
Of Gambia’s Born Again Activists!
The Association of Non-governmental organisations (TANGO) that had paid a deaf ear to Yahya Jammeh’s excesses has now taken a 360 degree turn. Some of its members who are on record for denying inter-party youths access to the TANGO Building want to become the Guardian of the very Human Rights […]
Gambians Want More Than Justice
The idea of seeking justice in post Jammeh era is simply seeking the truth. The Lack of truth has caused our country dearly. So no matter how long it takes, the truth must always remain and it is everlasting. It is the truth that must not be forgotten which is […]
President Touts ‘We Can Make If…’
President Adama Barrow is optimistic that “we can make it happen. With commitments and exercise of professionalisms in the way we manage government affairs, the developmental outcomes of this plan will be realized as outlined.” In a speech marking the launch the Gambia National Development Plan (2018-2021) at State House on […]
The Gambian Diaspora Engagement – Phase II
The Gambian Diaspora has been at the forefront during the nation’s fight against a dictatorship and tyranny. Now that the President of the Republic has declared the Diaspora as a Region of The Gambia, I guess I can safely say that no Region has contributed more than the Diaspora, in […]
Hon. Ceesay Hits The Rock
Hon. Madi Ceesay’s story on Standard newspaper leaves the reader cringing with pains. Yes, the United Democractic Party Member for Serekunda West, must not forgive the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh for obvious reasons. Whoever wants Hon. Ceesay to forgive the monster will have a change of mind after reading […]
Clarification On Alkali Conteh’s Role
Mr Editor, Please allow me to make the following clarifications in response to Ndey Sarr’s statement about Alkali Conteh. Firstly, Dr Isatou Touray’s name came as a proposal alongside a suggestion that UDP should start the process of identifying a presidential candidate. No selection process was going on at the […]