Why didn’t Obama toy around with long-serving African dictators? What will Barack Obama be remembered by in the way he handled African despots. I am struggling to see his legacy in helping Africans be better equipped to end tyranny and dictatorship. The war in Syria is now a full blown […]
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Former PPP Minister Landing Jallow Sonko Passed Away
By Ebrima Sillah Hon Landing Jallow Sonko: A Man Of Impeccable Integrity I am deeply saddened to hear the death of former Minister of Local Government and Lands, Landing Jallow Sonko which sad news took place last night in Senegal where he was rushed following involvement in an accident. Hon […]
Navigating The Obstacles
By Baba Galleh Jallow Moments after I shared my article “Looking Beyond the Power-Grab” on one of the Gambian community list serves, a critic hit the reply button and called it “cowardly academic crap.” After contemplating his “cowardly academic crap” for a while, I hit the reply button and sent […]
The Price Of Duty: An Interesting Book
By Ebou Gaye Synopsis The above-named book, The Price of Duty, is a memoir authored by Ebrima Ismaila Chongan. The book is informative, educative, enlightening and inspiring, as it is thrilling, engrossing, gripping and captivating. Among the contents of the book are photographs serving as illustration. These include a photo […]
Gambians Should Learn Te Be Simple, Focus And Tolerant
By Deyda Haidara THE WAY FORWARD IN MY OPINION Whenever I hear that diaspora Gambian organizations should fuse into one umbrella organization, I say Oh my GOD here we go again for another messy road to the delight of Yaya Jammeh and his APRC [Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction]. […]
Mogho Naba: Burkina Faso’s Mossi King
Whilst traditional kings and queens have vanished in Gambian social and political life, Burkina Faso’s Mossi King Mogho Naba played a crucial role in ending the standoff between the regular army and the State Guards. The King who played a neutral broker made sure the regular army and the will […]
The Loss Of Bathurst, Loss Of Our Way Of Life
By Guest Editor Reminiscences Of Bathurst The Lost Personal account The Gambia, the West African sub-region, the entire African continent and indeed the whole world seems to be on the brink of an apocalyptic end as feared by Richard Huttington in his Clash of Civilizations perspective. To understand mine a […]
Outside Movie Makers Must Stop Scavenging Our Meagre Resources
NIGERIAN AND GHANAIAN HOME VIDEO PROSTITUTES MUST STOP SCAVENGING OUR MEAGRE GAMBIAN RESOURCES By Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, Gambian Filmmaker and Scholar on African Cinema First of all, various Nigerian and Ghanaian media outlets reported that the President of my country Yahya Jammeh has recently allocated portions of our Gambian […]
Refutation Of A Gambian Sophist And A Fraudster Final Part
By Gambian Outsider Before beginning Part III of my refutation of Mr. Missionary, I want to apologize to the readers for the last post. The edited version that I sent to have it published did not come out in its entirety. Maafanta republished part II in its entirety. It was […]
EU Observers Say Guinea Vote Valid
Guinea opposition protests European Union observers gave Guinea’s presidential elections a clean bill of health on Tuesday despite protests by opposition supporters who accuse President Alpha Conde of rigging the vote to win a second term. The EU observer team said that logistical problems including lack of voting materials and […]
Charges Against Teranga Manager Dropped
The Banjul Magistrates’ Court has dropped a charge of sedition against the managing director of Teranga FM. The magistrates’ court sitting presided over by Principal Magistrate Momodou Jallow dismissed the charge against Abdoulie Ceesay yesterday at the request of a police prosecutor. Alpha Badgie, in his application under Section 68 […]
The Disengaged Public
By Baba Galleh Jallow African publics are generally disengaged from the politics of their countries. Paradoxically, they are also generally saddened by the politics of their countries. This paradox seems to affirm the view that if you do not get involved with politics, politics will still get involved with […]