Friday, April 26, 2024

Confusing political identity, self-restraint and ethnic identity with Patriotism

From the horrors of our fellow citizens wrongly accused of crimes, arbitrary arrest of citizens in undisclosed locations with lengthy jail terms, forced confessions, citizens losing their...

DISSENT AS AN ELEMENT OF 21st CENTURY POLITICS:

In a democracy the conventional wisdom has been that citizens have the right to dissent and express micro-aggression against rogue leaders who violate the constitution. With trust...

WHERE IS BUN SANNEH?

All went so quiet about Ebrima Bun Sanneh since his unceremonious exit from the Gambia Police Force and subsequently as the former director of the National Drug...

President Jammeh’s Threats against Mandinka’s in Gambia are Irresponsible and Repugnant of a National...

By Professor Binneh s Minteh   Controversy is not new about The Gambia's irrational and psychopathic leader. He takes pride in killing and burying citizens 6-9 feet deep and...

Yaya Jammeh’s dictatorship – ‘the greatest trial for Gambia’

Fellow Gambians, To add my voice to the current terse debate and discussions about our beloved country’s predicament and recent events. Indeed much have been said and continue...

A wonderful opportunity for Regime to correct it’s wrongs this month

As Ramadan commences, Gambians are restless on reflecting the events of the past months and asking themselves, will the APRC government reflect on everything that happened with...

Looming Genocide Over the Gambia

From the Manifesto of the People   In the run-up to and during the Rwanda Genocide, elements in the Hutu-led government including the military, the ruling party and their...

Extending the Depression of Gambia with Yaya Jammeh

Society and conventional wisdom tells us buying something without knowledge of the price is foolish. Yaya Jammeh sold himself to Gambia through coup d’etat by hiding the...

For The Gambia Our Homeland

By Sheriff Kora   To every action is a reaction, and this article is in reaction to the speech delivered in Talinding Kunjang by the president during his recent...

The Controversy of President Yaya Jammeh in The Economic Community of West African States...

By Professor Binneh s Minteh As Heads of States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) converged for their annual meeting at the Senegalese capital, Dakar,...

Tribalism: Jammeh’s Worst Nightmare

  By Lamin Gano   In a recent meeting in Talinding during his meet the peoples’ tour, President Jammeh warned Gambians against tribalism. In his own words, “I will not...

George Christensen: The demise of an icon

  By D. A. Jawo   With the untimely death of George Christensen, the Gambia, and indeed the entire African continent has lost not only a pioneering broadcaster but also...

Yahya Jammeh’s fine art of back-scratching for political advantage

  In Gambia , many rightly wonder why every event of a serious matter of national disaster only blooms for couple days or a month and fade away...

Dictator Jammeh’s last hustle on trial

Yahya Jammeh is the most polarizing figure in Gambia. In his speech Wednesday evening at Talinding— a town in Gambia, he spoke of tribalism and ethnic prejudice....

ICC’s Controversial assessment of The Gambian situation

Yahya Jammeh’s actions behind closed doors and public indifference as a pious “Muslim” to the continued persecution and murder of Gambians is a scandal of enormous proportions....

The Gambia: Jammeh endorses impunity

By D. A. Jawo   Once again, most Gambians and friends of the Gambia were no doubt quite embarrassed by the type of undiplomatic language President Yahya Jammeh is...

Yaya Jammeh’s missing messages

  Growing up in Gambia during the pre-1994 days, we cling to our faith and have strong morals. Anyone who holds a position of leadership must fear...

The Consequence of Paying the Price of Liberty with a Thin Skin

  After years of cash buyouts, backstage passes, scaring tactics, municipal council lobbying arm extended to vulnerable opposition members, the regime have been taking care of political business...

IF JAMMEH CAN ORDER MURDER AND RAPE, WHY IS HIS FAMILY SAFE?

The best among you are not those who do not miss their five daily prayers or frequent churches every week BUT watch innocent, defenseless people get oppressed...

Galloping pace of waste putting heavy strains on Gambia

Yahya Jammeh never falls short to make Gambia suffer a tsunami of bad publicity. In a broader sense, Jallow Kanilai’s does not need help for bad publicity...