By Abdoulie John Sierra Leone’s Fatima Maada Bio said that First Ladies have an obligation to tell the truth to government on the plight of women and children. “I am just using my position as a First Lady to bring awareness on issues related to women and children, but also […]
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AI To Pay £1m Over Stressed Worker’s Suicide
Amnesty International is to pay more than £1 million in compensation to the family of a long-serving employee who killed himself after suffering stress at the organisation. Gaëtan Mootoo, 65, died in his Paris office in May last year and left a note in which he complained of the pressure […]
Gambia Should Learn From Sierra Leone
By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow and his Sierra Leonian counterpart on Wednesday expressed their resolve to push towards deepening the economic ties between the two countries as President Julius Maada Bio began a three-day visit in the West African nation. The two leaders made this commitment during a news […]
Activists Assess New Gambia’s Challenges
By Abdoulie John In wake of celebrations marking The Gambia’s 54 years of nationhood, civil society groups held on Monday a counter-event at the Youth Monument at Westfield to take stock of the path taken by the country since gaining independence from Great Britain. Renowned Gambian academic, Dr. Ismaela Ceesay, […]
President Barrow’s Independence Address
ON THE OCCASION OF THE GAMBIA’S 54TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HELD ON 18TH FEBRUARY 2019 AT THE MCCARTHY SQUARE Your Excellency, the First Lady, Fatou Bah-Barrow Your Excellency, Madam Sarjo Mballow-Barrow Your Excellency, the Vice President, Madam Speaker, My Lord, the Chief Justice, Secretary General and Head of the Civil […]
Gambians Celebrate The Birth Of Independence
By Abdoulie John Gambians on stormed MacCarthy Square Monday for the commemorative event marking their country’s independence from British colonial rule. Punctuated by colourful parades, celebratory gunfire (fire of joy), this year’s event provided an opportunity to revisit the country’s attainment of sovereignty. After leading guard of honour, President Adama […]
2019 Is The Turning Point For Gambia
By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow announced on Saturday that the year 2019 will be a turning point for the country as he launched the Banjul Sewage, Drainage and Road Rehabilitation Project. “This event marks another milestone towards the realisation of my government development plan” he said during a colourful […]
Gambia Army Turned into Killer Machine and Torture Chambers
The Author: Sarjo Bayang Hoping that the national army stands to protect life and property, that is not Gambia. Over 22 years of junta rule left the country in tatters. Fear reigns in no lesser way than what a subdued helpless population endured during the rule of terror nobody wants […]
Thousands To Gather In Salikenni For Annual ‘Gaamo’
Thousands of Muslims from across The Gambia and beyond are Saturday 2nd March, 2019 expected to pack in the community of Salikenni in Central Baddibou, North Bank Region to observe its annual Gaamo. It will be held under the auspices of venerable Sheikh Alhaji Omar Ceesay – renowned scholar. Themed:”Islam […]
Congratulations from the people of Israel to The Gambia!
Gambian-Israeli partnership started years before The Gambia’s independence. The two countries’ relations were boosted dramatically by the meeting of Gambian President, H. E. Adama Barrow with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, in Monrovia in June 2017. Ministers and high level officials visited Israel recently, and this is only the […]
TRRC: Justice Before Reconciliation
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHE) and Fellow Royal society of Arts (FRSA) UK) I have been following keenly the sittings of the Gambia truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission since its start in January 2019. In fact, I had written an article titled: National Truth and […]
Welcoming the National Human Rights Commission
Finally, the Gambia has joined the group of nations that have realised the importance of human rights and the value of their citizens by creating a National Human Rights Commission. The effort to create this Commission began way back in 2012 even though the APRC Government was not truly keen […]