History is in the making in the Gambia where the most powerful religious line has been turned into freedom song. La Ilaha Ilalahu [there is no God but Allah] is the cream of Islamic faith. The line, according to religious schokars, weighs more than the entire Universe. It is a […]
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Nationalism And Not Ethnocentrism: A Call For A More Accommodating Pluralistic Nation…Part1
By Edrissa Ken-Joof “A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.” Andrew O’Hagan Being a breed of globalization where I might align my thinking to a statement once said by George Santayana that: “to me, it seems a dreadful […]
When Followers Fail their Leader!
By Saul Saidykhan In Gambia, we’ve had a problem with leadership since our political independence in one form or another. That has never been more true than in the current dispensation. Instead of trying to find solutions or ways of easing Gambia’s myriad problems in such vital areas […]
Darboe and Sandeng Protest Awakens a Nation
Ebrima Solo Sandeng and Lawyer Ousainu Darboe protest march reigniting a new dawn in the Gambia. With heavy road blocks, PIU and military officers guarding several locations with AK47 rifles, Gambians want the veteran Lawyer and supporters to be freed. The Gambia high court is a scene of jubilations and cries […]
UDP Peaceful Protest Trial: Family Members Speak
At the Gambia High court today, family members of detained and jailed peaceful protesters called for their immediate and unconditional release. In attendance today are large numbers of supporters and those offering solidarity. The Gambia High Court in Banjul is now a venue for resistances and chanting of songs of […]
Defiant Darboe’s Silent Roar
By Dida Jallow-Halake The poet once dubbed “Young, Gifted & Gambian”, Going by the name of “Gambia’s Pen”, Is mysteriously silent! (Like “The Prince of Brikama”) Did The Pen break his pen? (Like “The Bard of Bakau”) While blinded to the light of the Eternal Moon, As he stayed stuck […]
Why GNA Should Be Totally Reformed
The successor to The Gambia’s tyrannical regime needs to do a total transformation of the Gambian military. The army needs transformation in both professional, discipline and conduct. For any aggressive transformation to take place, emphasis must be placed on training. From the get go, our military were not trained to […]
Dida Halake, Please Don’t Destroy Respects For Thee!!!
By Gambiano Mr. Halake, Your fantasies, or perhaps orgies really provoke a response. Without being uncharitable to neither your person, nor your compulsions, I choose to be terse with diction today. “5 Things Senegal will gain by toppling Jammeh” isn’t from a Gambia-lover who is wary of collateral damage, decades […]
The Spotlight: Let Go Of Darboe, UDP Executive And All Prisoners Of Conscience!
By Yero Jallow “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” –Nelson Mandela, Former ANC [African National Congress] Leader, South Africa. We do not have much politics going on anymore; the issue is beyond politics, […]
Women Set To End Gambia Tyranny
A group of concerned Gambian women has tasked itself with putting an abrupt end to the Jammeh government’s more than two decades of tyranny. Gambian Suffragettes is calling on “all global citizens to please take some time to sign its important and urgent petition.” For more information on the group’s […]
NRMG Takes Gambia’s Case To ICC
The National Resistance Movement of The Gambia has taken the government’s rule b excessive force culminated in the cold-blooded killing of some opposition activists to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands. Read below a press statement to that effect. DEMONSTRATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) (under […]
My Message To Gambia’s Low Thinking Security Forces
Ever since the National Assembly of The Gambia in year 2000 indemnified the security forces, especially those who took part in the massacre of their own Gambian brothers (armless students) on April 10 and 11through the Indemnity Act, Gambians became so fearful of you, the people they pay to maintain […]