By Baba Galleh Jallow One of the reasons Yahya Jammeh lost the December 1st 2016 elections is that he misread the Gambian political situation. Like all dictators, he fell from power when he least expected it because he had been shielded from the reality of Gambian political culture for too […]
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RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE PLEASE – There is No Compulsion in Religion:
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE PLEASE – There is No Compulsion in Religion: Emannuel Daniel Joof The Gambia has been known to be a very tolerant religious society and despite its overwhelming Muslim majority, Christians and Muslims have lived in complete harmony and most families have relatives and friend sharing different religions. Yahay […]
THE KING OF BECHUANALAND III: The Final Episode!
THE KING OF BECHUANALAND III: The Final Episode! Dr Karamo NM Sonko Heeno Occassional Postings, No. 12, February 10, 2017 Images and imaginations The human being regularly lives an imaginary life. We imagine things that do not exist, confusing ourselves by creating conflicts between what exists (the truth) and what […]
Where Are Muckraking Journalists Today?
Where Are Muckraking Journalists Today? Alagi Yorro Jallow While our democracy may not yet be strong enough and our institutions will constrain whatever abuses of power President Adama Barrow’s administration might commit during his three-year transition, but his policies and actions will not be as extreme as we me may […]
President Barrow’s Unique Opportunity
In response to the article Halake’s London Letter: Is CDS Badjie In Charge of the Gambia, Bax wrote the following below 1. President Barrow has a unique opportunity to put a marker down and send a clear message to all officials, particularly the armed and securiry forces: institutions that have […]
Re: Jawara Finally Gets What He Wants
By Kemo Kinteh Without doubt President Jawara is happy, like million Gambians, to witness the downfall of a brutal dictator. And it is right that the new president call a courtesy on President Jawara to show respect and collect wisdom. And it is also right that over the weekend many […]
ECOWAS Extends Gambia Military Mission
ON THE ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE The Government of The Gambia expresses deep appreciation to ECOWAS, the AU and the United Nations for the support provided to The Gambia to ensure that the verdict of the people delivered at the polls of 1st December 2016 is upheld. The decision made […]
Truth Behind New Cabinet Composition
By Karamo Sawaneh I don’t want to weigh in this tribal stuff that has been going around since the election campaign, but there are articles written by people claiming the coalition government cabinet pick is not diverse and that it is based on tribal line. One thing that is appalling […]
Gamtel Director Under Fire
The managing director of the Gambia Telecommunications Limited (Gamtel) is currently shuttling between his office and gateway keeping offices trying to clean up his soiled financial records. Baboucarr Sanyang was appointed to the position to defend the interest of ousted President Yahya Jammeh. “Mr. Sanyang and his gang of corrupt […]
Halake’s London Letter: Is CDS Now In-Charge Of The Gambia?
Note: As readers may recall, I applauded President Barrow’s earlier decision to retain Yahya Jammeh’s Chief of Defence Staff Lt. General Ousman Bargie. Many readers were of a different opinion to mine and, sadly, the story below of torture against a young man which the CDS himself accepts to be […]
My Encounter With The “Butcher Kanilai”
A pervasive breeze of freedom graced the Gambian atmosphere from Sabi to Berending, it was like a parrot freed from a cage ushered into its natural habitat. Even if the cage was made of diamonds, that was immaterial as the value of freedom is unquantifiable. The butcher of Gambia is […]
Soul Searching For Gambians: My Reflections
Soul Searching For Gambians: My Reflections By Emmanuel Daniel Joof Gambia is a very small country where many are related and connected. It has been an open secret to many Gambians that Jammeh and his henchmen carried out many killings of innocent Gambians. Even the individuals who carried out the […]