Self-improvement: Central challenge facing our era
By Habib
Why is it extraordinarily difficult to be politically correct in Gambia? The answer is not to dwell in confusing and frustrating nostalgia. The simply answer is...
Is Gambian Politics based on Tribalism?
By Lamin Gano
During my Master’s degree programme on African Peace and Conflict Studies eight years ago, one of the modules was on African Politics and the research...
Presidential Spelling bee contest: Current Education curriculum not much bang for our children
By Habib
Many people couldn’t stomach what they saw the other day from the Presidential tour. The recent videos from the president’s tour revealed a very serious issue...
Gambia’s no-buy list for 2016 and beyond
By Habib
Yaya Jammeh marveled during his so called meet the farmers tour against the so called “Negative internet sites” sweeping the nations gateways to the homes of...
A Coalition Formula
By Lamin Gano
The aim of this blog post is to endorse a simple and credible formula on how to form a coalition between the Gambian opposition parties....
Mr. President, Save Yourself
My Dear President and Godfather,
When I heard the announcement that you were to embark on a country-wide tour this week, I prayed and hope that you were...
The Heavy weight of following the dreams of dictatorship on Gambia
By Habib
All the pillars of our nationhood were tested in 1994 and continually tested by APRC regime. Some collapsed like the free press or unions, some were...
Airing out Gambia’s Dirty Laundry
By Habib
Jammeh is out again with cold feet peddling an amorphous anti-Western, anti-opposition and anti-diasporian resentments. Predictably, truth is the first casualty. Mr. Jammeh’s address was predictable...
Violent Response to the Protest: How Jammeh’s Final Survival Strategies Can Backfire
By Ousman Jobe
Since the arrest and the subsequent detention of the executive members of United Democratic Party and its youth on April 14 and 16 respectively, there...
UTG, Young Magistrates and The State: Who is doing wrong?
Few days ago, I woke up to the news that Omar Jabang, a First Class Magistrate at the Banjul Magistrate Court, was arrested and held at the...
Preserving the Peace
On April 14, 2016, a small group of Gambians led by Solo Sandeng of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to stage a protest march to...
SAM SARR WILL COMMIT SUICIDE BEFORE HE FIRES AT PROTESTERS FOR JAMMEH
For the country's deputy ambassador at the United Nations to want to 'FIRE AT THE PROTESTERS IF I WERE IN CHARGE' shows how hateful Sam Sarr is,...
A LESSON FOR GAMBIA FROM EGYPT
By Lamin Gano
Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until 2011 when Egyptians got fed up with him and forced him out of office in a popular uprising....
New Gambia: Our “Vision of Tomorrow”?
By Sait Matty Jaw
I bet most of you think that this is a Manifesto. Well, it is not. But when critically discussed, we might be able to...
The Gambia: The way forward!
By Sheriff Kora
There is no tragedy greater than the citizens of a nation resigning their citizenship due to the lack of faith in their own abilities to...
Blind prejudice of Yaya Jammeh
This court case reveals something interesting about Yaya Jammeh's character. He is stranger to most of what would generally be considered the Gambian virtues: humility, mercy, compassion...
April 24 – Building a Sovereign Gambian and Gambia
By: Madi Jobarteh
Introduction
Today 24 April 2016 marks the 46th independence anniversary of the Republic of the Gambia. The start of independence was marked by a ceremony on...
Open Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations
405 E 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
United States
Cc. Yahya Jammeh
President of The Republic of The Gambia
℅ Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the...
How AU and Ecowas have let down Gambians
By D. A. Jawo
Once again, our African institutions have failed us, with both the African Union and Ecowas keeping so mute over the deplorable and naked human...
My message is to the government employees, especially members of the security forces –...
- Are you happy with the life you are living? Are you satisfied with the salary you take home every month? Is it ever enough to cover...
