On the Realities of our Current Situation: Letter to my President (Part 11)
Your Excellency,
I resume this series with great sorrow and deep pain. I had thought you had made the worst of your mistakes and therefore there could be...
EBRIMA NYANG – LETTER: This is not the government we deserve
Mr President, it is incumbent on you to visit the past and reshape the present condition of the country. You have toured the four corners of the...
TRIBUTE: Alhaji Imam Tafsir Gaye(1936-2020): Gambian Orientalist, Religious Teacher and Columnist
By: Hassoum Ceesay, The Gambia National Museum, Banjul
Last Sunday Alhaji Imam Tafsir Gaye died aged 84, and I lost another friend and confidante of twenty years standing....
Citizens’ Alliance Eid Statement
As muslims around the world prepare to celebrate Eid Ul-Adha or Tobaski, the Citizens’ Alliance (CA) wishes to extend warmest greetings and best wishes to all Muslims...
ZKK writes letter to Gambians on toxic pattern of political discourse
Dear fellow Gambians,
I have observed a toxic pattern in our political discourse that threatens civility, respect and other necessary values binding us as a People. Our strong...
Embracing Peace and Unity: A Call for Tranquility in Gambian Politics and respect for...
By Bakary J. Janneh
In the heart of The Gambia, where the tranquil waves of the Atlantic meet the golden sands, lies a nation woven with the threads...
Always be mindful of that friend or close relation that has a deep-seated animosity...
What the Readers Say:
By M R R
Always be mindful of that friend or close relation that has a deep-seated animosity against you.
They are the first to cheer...
Defence analyst calls on army chief to deny Masanneh Kinteh’s bodyguards and cars request
A defence analyst Sariang Marong has called on new army chief Yakuba Drammeh to reject Masanneh Kinteh's request for a nine-man secutity detail and two cars.
Mr Marong...
On the Macroeconomic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Letter to my President (Part 2)
Mr President,
It’s Sunday morning and I have just stepped out to the bakery close to your newly inaugurated (though incomplete) International Conference Centre around the Senegambia Hotel...
SAMSUDEEN SARR – TRIBUTE: Tribute to Biri and Imam Barham – could it be...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020, marked a somber day in the Gambia that I feel obliged to share this tribute about these fallen heroes. Two prominent and iconic...
Open letter to UN rep for West Africa and Sahel Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas
Doctor Mohamed Ibn Chambas
United Nations Special Representative of
The Secretary General for West Africa and
Sahel and head of UNOWAS
Dear Doctor Chambas,
It is from a compelling concern that I...
GAP – STATEMENT: Individual interest ahead of rationality for the public interest leads to...
The larger Gambia Action Party family under the visionary leadership of Hon. Musa Ousainou Yali Batchilly is greatly reduced to the kingdom of worrisome for the simple...
On Abdication and Dereliction of Duty: Letter to Former Attorney General Ba Tambedou
Honourable Former Minister and my dear brother, I send you greetings this early dawn of Saturday June, 27, 2020 as you begin the process of abdicating your...
Open letter to Lower Saloum National Assembly member
From Abdoulie Jallow,
Lower Saloum constituency.
Dear Honourable Sainey Jawara, it is with a great sense of humility I write this open letter to you regarding the Prado cars meant...
On the plight of Gambian students studying abroad: Letter to my president
Your Excellency and Chancellor of our first ever university, I write to you about a matter very close to my heart, the welfare of young Gambians studying...
The homeland in a state of dystopia
What the Readers Say
By Musa Bassadi Jawara
Let me first congratulate Muslims all across the country and the entire Muslim Ummah, for the successful completion of Ramadan and...
On the plight of Gambians abroad during this COVID-19 era: Letter to my president
Your Excellency Sir,
This is the 7th letter addressed to you in this series themed “On the Realities of our Current Situation: Letter to my President”.
I know that...
One year on, the agony of loss lingers on
By Basidia M Drammeh
Exactly one year today, according to the Gregorian calendar, my mentor, teacher, confidante and senior brother, Sheikh Banding Drammeh, passed on.
One year has elapsed,...
(T)homas (G)regory (G)eorge Senghore, J.P. (1936-2021): Gambian Civil Servant, Governor of Central Bank of...
By Hassoum Ceesay, historian
I have lost a good uncle and friend of mine last weekend, when Mr. T.G.G Senghore, a pioneer Gambian Civil Servant, third Governor of...
Gambia For All Eid statement
Fellow Gambians, I wish, on behalf of the National Executive of Gambia For All, and on my own behalf, to extend to you all and your families...
