GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
The political campaign has now been buried with the declaration of results. Time for work began ticking. I must admit the inauguration of the NAM radiated soothing...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Munna tuma. I have had enough, Mr President. Ops, my bad. Bilai walai talai and for the sake of clarity, not in Goloh's voice though, I actually...
WILL PAST INJUSTICE BE DEALT WITH THROUGH THE NORMAL COURTS OR THROUGH TRUTH AND...
The government has indicated that it is looking into the truth and reconciliation mechanism as a means of handling past injustices. Parallel to this charges are already...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….Say No to Sycophancy
I am flabbergasted by the number of adverts on the newspapers seeking to wish you a Happy Eid. In itself, , it is not bad. Indeed it...
OPINION ON THE DECEMBER 1ST 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS by two outgoing students of The...
“Acceptance-… the electoral processes reflect the will of the people. It is then an overriding principle of Electoral Justice that everyone abides by the outcome; that the...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Another murky and an unpleasant English weather, breezy and cloudy with intermittent drizzles. Mr President, albeit it is English, it depicts all the epitomes of new Gambia’s...
Truth and Irreconcilables – Part II
Recent pronouncements from President Barrow and the Coalition leaders should be
encouraging to people seeking justice and accountability for the April 10 and 11, 2000
Massacre. Although the new...
APRC Crimes: Insulting our Intelligence, Our Faith and Our Dignity
By Madi Jobarteh
It is true that inflicting physical bodily injury or robbing someone of his or her property or taking human life is indeed painful and grievous....
This is Not My Africa. I want a New Africa!
By Madi Jobarteh
Yet again May 25 has come this year marking the 54th anniversary of African Liberation Day without the continental unity that was envisaged as a...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…. Love of Self….
There is a Mandinka proverb which says 'Wandi kunku sene itaa be ñankaring'. Roughly, this can be rendered thus: Weeding someone's farm while neglecting your own. This...
THE NEW GAMBIA – ARE WE READY FOR BUSINESS?
By Musa Sallah, Brufut, The Gambia
The new Gambia reminds me of the revolutionary struggles against colonialism waged and won by countries like Angola, Guinea Bissau, Zimbabwe and...
Exposing Donald Trump’s Lies About the Paris Accord
From 30 November to 11 December 2015, Paris chaired and hosted the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21)....
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
Who Are We....?
Mr President, I sometimes wonder about our identity. It is hard to differentiate between us and the westerners on the one side, or the Arabs...
We Need a Truth and Justice Commission
So far the common post-conflict practice in Africa is to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as we saw in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia following...
Breaking the impasse
President-Elect Barrow and his team should continue to be on alert and make their paramount mission the preservation of their hard-fought and historic victory against the Jammeh...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
National Debate....
It is no secret that you inherited a government in shambles. I do not envy you for, the problems are so many and so varied that...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT….
The Accidents Are Getting Out of Hand....
Mr President, every now and again, we read in the newspapers about some fatal accident or the other. In the past...
Palestine’s Mistake of Existence
OPINION
By Musa Touray
Sandu Kuwonku
It’s quite a misfortune to be the aggrieved party in a world that only romanticises the value of human life and displays indifference to...
Demagogues are the Achilles of democracy
Written by Alagi Yorro Jallow
President Yahya A.J.J Jammeh Babilimansa is almost a textbook demagogue, a brutal dictator and an “elephant with mosquito legs” in a China shop....
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
What is really going on in beautiful Gambia? Why are we so laid back, Mr President? Everything little thing which oozes no immediate physical harm is rubbished...
