Darboe tired of losing yet….?
By Capt. Ebou Jallo 31 December 2021
A Presidential election is like a metaphoric psycho-social barometer of our lifeworld. It measures our collective emotional state, collective actions, exuberance,...
Dr. Ceesay’s Interview on The Fatu Network: I call BS!
Sana Sarr (USA)
Yesterday, I came across a video of Citizens’ Alliance’s (CA) Dr. Ismaila Ceesay’s interview with The Fatu Network from December 29, 2021. Apparently, Ceesay had...
The mammoth task ahead of the President-elect
By Basidia M Drammeh
Now that the dust has settled following the Gambia Supreme Court’s landmark verdict to strike out the petition filed by the Opposition United Democratic...
The Gambia’s Nelson Mandela or Donald Trump? It’s Time for Lawyer Darboe and the...
By Sana Sarr, USA
The Supreme Court has dismissed the UDP’s election petition. Since Supreme Court decisions are final and cannot be appealed, Lawyer Darboe needs to make...
LAMIN NJIE: May Allah bless Darboe for his service to his nation. He can...
Perhaps it’s now time for father and son to take each other back. There is no need for ill feeling after all.
The 2021 presidential election has come...
After The Court Case; Time For Genuine Reconciliation
By DA Jawo
Congratulations to President-elect Adama Barrow for being indirectly confirmed by the Supreme Court as winner of the presidential elections, and hard luck to Ousainou Darboe...
MELVILLE ROBERTS: The UDP needs to rebrand and do away with all those showbiz...
By Melville Robertson Roberts
The UDP needs to rebrand and do away with all those showbiz lawyers claiming to be politicians.
Simple logic would have been to file preliminary...
Open Letter to Attorney General and Justice Minister Honourable Dawda Jallow
Dear Honorable Minister Dawda Jallow,
I want to first make certain assertions before delivering my special message to you; that I am not writing to you out of...
SAFFIYA JOOF – OPINION: Keep It Intact, Virgin Girls – Why men must be...
We have to be careful of how we redeemed.
To reaffirm our faith and lower our google lenses, the earth is wonderful with its virtuous moments and lessons....
TRIBUTE: The Late DCP Jabang Sonko Inspired Honesty, Humility, And Sincerity Among All Those...
‘IT IS SAID THAT IT IS FROM DUST WE CAME AND UNTO DUST WE SHALL RETURN’ Late Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jabang Sonko has bowed to mother...
Democracy Lessons From The Smiling Coast Of West Africa
By Dr Katim S Touray
In December 2016, President Yahya Jammeh narrowly lost the presidential elections — a loss that shocked all Gambians, Jammeh included. In a hard-fought...
Enter Gambia: Impasse 2.0
Gambia voted on December 4, 2021 hoping to see a new President on the morrow but more than two weeks later, we are yet to get a...
The Pros and Cons Of The Presidential Elections
By D. A. Jawo
The hottest political topic in this country today is the petition by the United Democratic Party (UDP) to the Supreme Court against the election...
Political Campaigns, Democracy and Secret Ballots
By Capt. Ebou Jallo Saturday, December 18, 2021
I would like to expand on a few ideas I expressed earlier during the week in a string of FaceBook...
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: UDP has been busy on all fronts. From going to...
UDP is looking really out-of-sorts following its brutal humbling by President Barrow 10 days ago. The party is having a bad day.
It’s actually not a dream. UDP...
A Time For Work
Katim S. Touray, Ph. D
President Adama Barrow has an another opportunity to make history or, if he blows it, be consumed by it.
In December 2011, presidential elections...
Dear Baba: Open Letter to Lawyer Ousainou Darboe
By Sana Sarr
I begin by thanking you for your invaluable service to our country and its people. In 1996, when the military took over, the PPP fled,...
Beyond 75: our promise to every child
By Gordon Jonathan Lewis, UNICEF Gambia Representative
Seventy-five years ago today, the world came together to create the UN children’s agency to support and secure the lives of...
How a Political Animal beats Two Lawyers like a Drum
By Capt. Ebou Jallo 11 December, 2021
Aristotle once wrote that “man is by nature a political animal” and hence the German philosopher Hannah Arendt would later add...
Why elections cannot be cheated in the Gambia on Election Day?
By Madi Jobarteh
Given the storm that has arisen in the wake of the December 4 presidential polls, many people have reached out to me asking how elections...
