The enlistment of the Casamance Separatist rebel leader’s Son in the Gambia national army is a vindication of activists claims that former Gambia President Yahya Jammeh’s lack of trust in Gambian military officers. Until Lance Corporal Omar Sadio, the son of Salif Sadio, had his cover blown, claims of the […]
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‘I Feel Thoroughly At Home’
The Gambia’s Ambassador to Sierra Leone has recently present his Letter of Credence to President Ernest Bai Koroma. In his letter published below, Femi Peter said “I feel thoroughly at home.” Your Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of our sister Republic of Sierra Leone It gives me great pleasure […]
IEC Gets Diaspora Election Petition
A petition that calls for voting rights to be available to Gambians in the Diaspora has been received by the Independent Electoral Commission, activists behind the move confirmed in an email message. The petition — available in the link below —consists of five points around the registration and voting process […]
Was Jammeh The Only Evil In Gambia?
It is not only insulting to the intelligence of ordinary Gambians but it is also regrettable that some of us live on alternative truth. As weeks go by, the first commission of inquiry set up in the “New Gambia” to look into the assets of Jammeh Kanilai and his close […]
Gambia Dumps 7 Military Traitors
At least seven Gambian middle ranking military officers have had their services terminated after they were accused of proving loyalty to former exiled President Yahya Jammeh. The 5 Majors and 2 Captains were reportedly caught giving some sensitive national information to Mr. Jammeh in Equatorial Guinea. Major Karamba Jammeh, Major […]
Military Undoing Dictatorship Wrongs
By Abdoulie John The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) has began what appears to be the undoing of the rocky relationship it had with the civilian population during 22 years of the Jammeh dictatorship. The GAF leadership knows the cure to the bad blood is for military to remain not only […]
How Social Media Drug Affects Your Brain
We seem to be glued to our electronics. Where would we be without our computers and cell phones? Everywhere we look people are looking down at their phones. And many wonder why our kids are always wanting to be on our (or their own) phones, or on their tablets. Through […]
APRC Leader Remains Defiant
By Abdoulie John The leader of Yahya Jammeh’s defeated Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction leader (APRC) remains defiant about holding the party’s planned 50,000-man political rally later in October. “The issue of the political rally was not even discussed,” Fabakary Tombong Jatta told reporters shortly after the police questioned […]
Inquiry Commission: Civil Servants Found Culpable Must Face Wrath
Civil servants who are implicated in the report of the Janneh Commission of Inquiry should be dismissed and sent to prison for their role in condoning, collaborating or conniving with former President Yahya Jammeh to commit economic crimes. These people are The Gambia’s worst ever citizens. When Jammeh was in […]
ARE PDOIS AND HALIFA TO BLAME FOR THE BELLICOSE OPPOSITION?
“Getting Yaya Jammeh out; that is the easy part, the real work lies in the aftermath of his ouster.” The aforementioned has almost become a cliché among The Gambia’s political commentators. There is no doubt that the current Gambian political environment is a polarized one, at least online and sadly; […]
Nyang Njie Needs To Explain
The ousting of Yahya Jammeh has created another era of accountability in the Gambia. As the Mandinka parlance have it, a drum cannot be beaten when the drum beater sits on the beating stick. When Jammeh was around, government employees portrayed themselves as Angels and even trumpeted sounds of zero […]
FGM Fight Reaches New Front
By Abdoulie John The fight against the age-old female genital mutilation otherwise known as FGM has reached a new front in the Gambia, with Gambian filmmaker Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu on Saturday launching “Bleeding Blade” at Gamcotrap Hall in Kanifing. A good number of fans, including some dignitaries, stormed the […]