By Saul Saidykhan Where there are big challenges, there are great opportunities. As I alluded to in Part One, the cardinal objective of Barrow’s leadership should be to lay a solid foundation that successive governments could follow to deepen the tenets and pillars of democracy at all levels of government […]
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Jammeh Flatly Rejected My Advice
Former president John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that he was included in the ECOWAS team mediation team to settle the Gambia’s election 2017 dispute because he conceded defeat in Ghana’s 2016 election to serve as an example to the former leader Yahya Jammeh. Mr Mahama disclosed that the former leader […]
President Barrow Calls For Nationalism In Institutional Reforms
Cabinet witnessed the swearing in of the new Minister of Interior, Mr Ebrima M. Mballow, Secretary General and Head of Civil Service, Mr Habib Saihou Drammeh and Secretary to the Cabinet, Ebrima S. Ceesay, today at the State House. In these latest changes in his Cabinet make up, President Adama […]
IGP Suspends All Political Permits
The Gambia’s Inspector General supreintendent Landing Kinteh has suspended all political permits until further notice. The decision, contained in a letter sent to all political parties published below, was exacerbated by violence resulting from the country tour of the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction party of Yahya […]
APRC Brews Brawls Again
More than a year after losing elections the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction of former President Yahya Jammeh members see relevance in brewing political violence. The party has left its footprints of violence in the Kombos, Fonis and recently in Upper River Region. Just two days back, the APRC […]
APRC is APRC! Always Remember That!
Building The New Gambia The biggest beneficiary of democracy in The Gambia is APRC! As a party that mismanaged our resources for a generation during which they also maimed and killed Gambians with impunity not to mention the blatant stealing of private and community lands and properties today APRC is […]
If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
Some of my fellow Gambian citizens can be very peculiar at times. Flip-flopping is becoming a usual occurrence in their lives to the extent that maintaining their integrity and credibility have become shaky. They cannot simply stand their ground. Their case fits within a common English proverb that says “if […]
Drammeh Takes Over Civil Service
Gambian President Adama Barrow has re-deployed Secretary General and Head of Civil Service Dawda Fadera to foreign service, replacing him with Interior Minister Habib Saihou Drammeh. In a press statement, President Barrow appointed Mr. Fadera appointed as the Gambia’s Ambassador to Washington, the United State of America. President Barrow has […]
Colley: ‘We’re A Bunch Of Liars’
The National Mobiliser of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction party (APRC) admits loud and clear what people having been saying all along that the dethroned government of Yahya Jammeh had been lying to Gambians. “WE WILL NEVER LIE TO GAMBIANS AGAIN,” Yankuba Colley confesses. This statement has hit […]
Barrow At One: The Challenges
By Saul Saidykhan A year ago, businessman Adama Barrow became The Gambia’s unluckiest man by taking over the presidency from a brutal tyrant and kleptocrat name Yahya Jammeh. Despite the incessant sensational brouhaha on online Gambian social media, Barrow’s stewardship thus far is better than average -all things considered. To […]
The Constitution Can Be Lawfully Repealed
As The Gambia’s emergence from a half century of failed government, with the last twenty two years to December 2016 steeped in violent totalitarian mayhem continues, high drama intermittently dots the national stage. From former ministers who lobbied for and partook in the sumptuous high councils of criminal government self-anointing […]
UKGambia 2017 in Review – “Gambia in Transition”
Overview 2017 started very promisingly for UKGambia, the first quarter whizzed by with the euphoria of President Adama Barrow’s Inauguration and first Independence Day Celebration post-Jammeh. Gambians across the Diaspora were genuinely optimistic about the change of government. This was the year of change and UKGambia took full opportunity to […]