Thank you, Mr. President – but please stop Yankuba Badjie! M r. President, first of all it is wonderful to create SIS and bury the NIA. Secondly, it is even more wonderful that the SIS will not have power to arrest or detain anyone. Arrest, as you stated earlier, is […]
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10 Gambian Ministers Take Oath
President Adama Barrow today presided over the swearing in ceremony of ten newly appointed ministers at Kairaba Beach Hotel. Below are the names of ministers and director of press and public relations at the Office of President. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, Minister of Foreign Affairs, External Relations and Gambians Abroad. Darboe […]
African Union Must Stand With The Oppressed Not Morocco
It all took a concrete-form when King Mohammed VI of Morocco wrote a lengthy letter to the 27th Africa Union (AU) Summit in Rwanda in July 2016. In the letter the ruler indicated their intention to return to the AU. Morocco had initially walked away from the AU; which at the time […]
The Gambia After Jammeh: Managing The Challenges Of Transition
The Gambia After Jammeh: Managing The Challenges Of Transition By Dr Ebrima Ceesay, UK Former President Yahya Jammeh having finally left The Gambia for Equatorial Guinea, a semblance of normality has returned to the country. The crucial question is now: “how do we stabilize The Gambia and promote both genuine […]
ECOWAS Forces Seize Weapons At Kanilai
The West African force deployed in The Gambia to secure the nation’s presidential transition said Monday it had recovered weapons from the former leader’s home, and arrested a high-ranking Gambian general. Senegalese General Francois Ndiaye, who leads military forces sent by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said […]
The Parable of the Flies and the Vultures -Part 2
By Saul Saidykhan About three years ago, we were treated to some sensational images from Dakar, Senegal of an adult Gambian male in blue jeans, white shirt, and dark blazer spread-eagled and dangling barely off the marbled floor as he was being carried by several security men protecting young Sedia […]
Post-Yaya Jammeh Gambia
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh, Associate Professor of Islamic Theology and Philosophy at The Muslim College London, Researcher at the University of Dundee and Founder of Timbuktu International Research Centre The Gambia is going through an important moment of its political history and development. The Gambian people have made history […]
Donald Trump And The Muslim World
By Reuben Abati I am not a fan of Donald Trump, the incumbent President of the United States. I didn’t stand with him. I stood with her- Hillary Clinton- in the last US Presidential election. No other election in recent American history has been more international in terms of interest […]
“#ALLAH, SWT Has Decided .
“#ALLAH, SWT Has Decided #Gambians Have Followed ” (Brother Amadou Sowe, New York) By Jainaba Bah (Sweden) In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful ALLAH Subhanahu Wa Ta’Aala Is: “The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it : ‘Be!’ — and it is” [al-Baqarah 2:117] ‘Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, “Be!” — and it is!’ [Ya-Seen 36:82].” “When He has decreed something, He says to it only: ‘Be!’ — and it […]
Demagogues are the Achilles of Democracy
Demagogues are the Achilles of Democracy Alagi Yorro Jallow President Yahya A.J.J Jammeh Babilimansa is almost a textbook demagogue, a brutal dictator and an “elephant with mosquito legs” in a China shop. The more powerful his passions and more the more uncontained his ambitions, the more likely the democratic system he inherited collapsed […]
Keeping CDS Badgie Is Very Wise
Barrow and his Coalition Team have made a very wise and important decision in keeping CDS Badgie and indeed IGP Sonko (I am not so sure about the NiA Chief Yankuba Badgie). I readers will remember, these two were quick to swear their loyalty to Barrow, on I think December […]
Mommy Tambajang Please Ignore Brother Madi!
My Gambian brother Madi Jobarteh who has “consulted and exchanged ideas privately” with Madam Jallow-Tambajang for a long time, and whose very determination to oust Yahya Jammeh has been inspired by Madam Bojang, has felt compelled to write to her and ask her not to accept the position of Vice-President. […]