In response to the arrest of 137 protesters following clashes with security forces in Gambia yesterday, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for West and Central, Marta Colomer, said:   “Yesterday’s crackdown on protesters had alarming echoes of Gambia’s brutal past. There have been some significant improvements in the country’s […]

By Abdoulie John Barely two weeks after the former governing party staged a mega demonstration calling for the ‘immediate return’ of ex-President Yahya Jammeh, hundreds of victims of his (Jammeh’s) two-decade long regime on Saturday took to the streets. The ‘march for justice’ was spearheaded by the Victims’ Center as […]

For Immediate Release World Court Rules Against Myanmar on Rohingya International Court of Justice Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent Genocide The International Court of Justice (ICJ) order on January 23, 2020 directing Myanmar to prevent all genocidal acts against Rohingya Muslims is crucial for protecting the remaining Rohingya in Rakhine […]

By Professor Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PhD; Fellow Higher Education Academy, Fellow, Royal Society of Arts and member of Political Science Society UK) As we enter the fourth year of the new democratic dispensation after 22 years of dictatorship, the Gambia goes through one of the critical and defining moments of […]

By Abdoulie John As the Legal Year 2020 kick-started in grand style, the United Democratic Party (UDP) leader, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has reiterated his commitment to democracy and rule of law. “The way forward is we all respect the law,” UDP’s emblematic figure told this medium in an exclusive interview. […]

Yahya Jammeh is not exempt from accountability – letter of 19 Gambian, Ghanaian and international NGOs to UN/AU/ECOWAS By Reed Brody  An original copy of the letter with signatures and logos can be found here To: Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson, African Union […]

There is no middle ground in democracy. You either have it or you don’t have it. A semblance of democracy is no democracy. Democracy is not an event such as a picnic to be enjoyed in one day only. Rather democracy is a way of life to be fought for; […]

By Abdoulie John The Minority Leader of the National Assembly has equated the Three Years Jotna movement’s plan to unseat President Adama Barrow after January 19 with coup d’état. Hon. Samba Jallow warned the movement to be careful about the way they push their agenda. The Niamina Dankuku Parliamentarian of […]

By Amadou Dibba, Birmingham, UK Where does one even begin to try to make sense of one of the current subjects of wide discussion among Gambians – the supposed (I would emphasise this) planned return of the exiled former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh? How is it that a former leader […]

Every human being who leaves home for even a few days indeed does get homesick and miss family. That is normal for any normal human being even Yaya Jammeh. Hence the infantile conversation between Yaya Jammeh and his stooges at home is not about him being homesick. That is not […]

In bilateral talks held with His Excellency, President Adama Barrow at the State House on Friday, January 10, 2020, the German Ambassador to The Gambia, Stephen Roken revealed that the Federal Republic of Germany will increase its diplomatic presence in the country beginning this year. The Ambassador said consensus has […]

The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress has enjoined Gambians to be honest with themselves. In a Facebook posting published below, Mai Ahmad Fatty made his position clear on secularism and gay marriage. Each of us must be bold enough to articulate where you stand on national issues. Honesty must […]