By Abdoulie John As the National Assembly elections enters into crucial stage, the United Democratic Party (UDP) executive decided to hit the campaign trail with a week’s nationwide tour on Sunday. In a news announcement on Saturday, the party said its leader and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawyer Ousainou Darboe is […]
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D.K Jawara’s Bad Students
By Saul Saidykhan In about two weeks, Gambians will be going to the polls to elect Representatives to the National Assembly. Sadly though, instead of focusing on what really matters, anywhere one turns to on Gambian social media, Gambians are attacking each other on an issue that is at worst, […]
The Blessed Gambia: A Way Forward
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh, Associate Professor of Islam and contemporary Studies at the Muslim College London, Researcher at the University of Dundee and London Islamic Cultural Centre The Gambia is a blessed nation endowed with great mercy, compassion, bounty and blessings of the Gracious Almighty God. What has transpired […]
Don’t Let Fake News Fake You Out!
Alagi Yorro Jallow Fake news is so real and so pervasive that it already rings disturbingly familiar. It’s the production and dissemination of false information meant to influence the direction of our Gambian life by deluding anyone unsuspecting enough to swallow it. To our thinking, it’s a matter of championing […]
Jow’s Statement Is Blasphemous
Rebuttal – Coach – Pa Samba Jow’s statement that; “religion has been the biggest problem of Africa because it has far too long subjugated and marginalised woman”. I want to begin by confessing the profound respect I have for my brother – Coach for his level of maturity and meticulous […]
Inculcate A Culture Of Reading Amongst The Youth
Writers like Leopold Senghor, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Chinua Achebe are just but a few of the greatest writers the continent has produced so far. Their materials have and continue to influence a political discourse in the continent and the world at large. In honouring their great work Africa must […]
Interior Ministry Is Not Faulty
The Ministry of the Interior has reacted to Justice Minister’s complaints that his office was not consulted on the prosecution of the 9 NIA agents charged with the murder of opposition activist Solo Sandeng. “Regarding the NIA 9, the Ministry of the Interior acted properly in accordance with the law, […]
Gov’t Will Not Control Diaspora Media
The Gambia government has recognised the crucial role of the diaspora onlin media in the struggle to defeat the Jammeh dictatorship. In this regard, the Minister of Information Demba Jawo sent a letter to the diaspora media appreciating their efforts as well as seeking cooperation. The new government however does […]
‘I Want To Know Who Murdered My Son’
The father of the Gambia’s disappeared journalist wants to know “who murdered my son.” Chief Ebrima Manneh, who worked for the Daily Observer newspaper, went missing since July 2006 after his arrrst. He was believed to have been murdered but the Jammeh government never came clean on his whereabouts. Both […]
The UDP Diaspora Trio’s Appointments
By Jainaba Bah, Sweden Congratulations as we celebrate your appointments to serve Country and People: Koto Ebraima Manneh and Brother Ebrima Sillah: Politics is a public enterprise but the most important workloads are carried out behind the scenes within closed doors. Whilst people may follow and read your shared thoughts […]
Exiled Jammeh Dying Slowly?
The Gambia’s exiled former President does not look healthy at all, latest leaked pictures from Equatorial Guinea show. Yahya Jammeh, who looks weak and frail, has shredded significant amount of weight. He is seen pictured along with Equatorial Guinea President Theodore Obiang and 2nd Lt. Wandifa Barrow, Jammeh’s aide […]
Stop Stealing My Work
I was the only investigative reporter or journalist who risked his life when news emerged that Daba Marena (former Director of the National Intelligence Agency) and others escaped when their prison wagon was about to somersault three times while they were being transported to Janjanbureh prisons in April 2006. I […]