I am flabbergasted by the silly and childish accusation directed by Billingar Maccarthy against the foreign minister Honourable Ousainou Darboe. In his post on the Freedom newspaper Billingar Maccarthy blamed Ousainou Darboe for Gambia’s unsuccessful bid for the Presidency of ECOWAS because he (Ousainou Darboe) doesn’t speak French. That is […]
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The Role Of Jammeh’s 22 Years Of Authoritarian Durability In The Gambia
By Lamin Keita NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT AFRICEM, A RESEARCH FORUM THAT FOCUSES ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES. It is important to consider how Yahya Jammeh’s authoritarian system was able to exist in The Gambian politics for 22 years—from 1994-to-2016. The entrenchment of authoritarian durability has usually […]
Gambia Wants US To Extend Freezing Order
The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubaarr Tambadou says the Gambia government welcomes the Unites decision to slap sanctions on former President Yahya Jammeh and Yankuba Badjie, former spy agency chief, with sanctions. Read below Mr. Tambadou’s statement: Welcome again ladies and gentlemen. ASSETS RECOVERY The Ministry of […]
A Week Of Unjust Attack On Barrow
I found a week of barrage of unjust, negative personal media attacks on our president as very disturbing. President Adama Barrow has been personally accused and attacked of everything that does not favour his critics. Comments such as “it is the President’s fault; Barrow is inconsistent; Barrow is not in […]
Contas Get What They Deserve
When Demba Conta, the Gambia’s reggae music star, left his homeland in the 70s he had no idea what future holds for him or where his destiny lies. But one thing he never forgets was his Why. Why did he leave his country and her sweet culture and way of […]
US Freezes Jammeh’s Assets
The Gambia’s exiled dictator Yahya Jammeh and his former spy agency director Yankuba Badjie are among 13 human rights abusers and corrupt actors who have had their assets frozen and slapped with sanctions. This news, which will be greeted with applause in the Gambia, is contained in a statement issued […]
Gambia, Germany Sign No Deportation Order
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as “false” that the Gambia government signed a deportation order with their Germany counterpart. Read below the press release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry: It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the […]
OJ Sets Bad Precedent
Three facts stand out concerning the brouhaha over the appointment of the Permanent Secretary 1 at the Ministry of Agriculture: that Minister Omar Amadou Jallow has set a bad precedent, Secretary General Dawda Fadera is spineless and that the Personnel Management Office officials watch like zombies while Civil Service tradition is […]
How Sabally Mocks Gambians!
A very close friend of mine sent me a text message on my mobile phone alerting me to watch GRTS where Momodou Sabally, the one time disgraced Secretary of Presidential Affairs, was on live interview. Without hesitation, my spontaneous reaction was: what is that idiot doing at GRTS? When I […]
Are We Seeing The Two Rights?
Leaders have big responsibilities, and society should also adapt to changes and not entirely hold on to cultural values, since we take our kids to school and learn western education and western capitalist systems, then we can’t hold on to 100% of our cultural values since we’re not running our […]
Why We Celebrate Deyda’s Life
Many dates in a year will come and go without many people noticing. December 16 is not one of the days that comes and goes unnoticed. It was on December 16 2004 when the Gambia’s leading journalist was assassinated just 100 meters away from police intervention unit headquarters in Kanifing. […]
Does Gambia Need To Auction Off All Its Potential Oil Blocks?
It was just some weeks ago that I read in one of the online newspapers that the Gambia was going on a trade mission to London to pitch the sale of three (remaining) oil blocks to potential investors. Blocks A1 and A4 were already in dispute as African Petroleum is […]