Journalists Cannot Assume All the Blame for Failing to Report Government
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Part 1
I despair of the way in which commentators, especially (with a few exceptions) our resident economists, are not prepared to decry the illusion...
LAMIN NJIE: President Barrow can go ahead and do five years but there...
President Barrow should by rights step aside in December. He has in the past 24 months proven to be not good enough for what is definitely one...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT… No Medicine in Our Hospitals…
Health, it is said, is wealth. There is a cliche that says 'A healthy nation is a wealthy nation'. Thus, if any country wishes to develop, it...
Jammeh’s Rejection of NPP/APRC Alliance Is Good News for President Barrow
By Muhammed W. Touray
When Alagie Kijera, The Netherlands-based former president of Barrow Fans Club rejected the NPP/APRC alliance on moral grounds and left NPP in protest, he...
KEBBA NANKO – OPINION: President Barrow should sue Three Years Jotna movement to court
I want to congratulate the 3yrs Jotna movement for organizing a protest that was well coordinated and peaceful. The government and the security acted professionally and lawfully...
Over Land Allocation To Cabinet Ministers: Samsudeen Sarr Defends Lands Minister
By Samsudeen Sarr
It is crystal clear that there is a calculated and dishonest campaign perpetuated on social media by certain disgruntled elements but in particular by Mr....
This is in response to a Weekend Edition Sunday story on NPR Story on...
Opinion
This is in response to a Weekend Edition Sunday story on NPR Story on March 25, 2023
“NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Ousmane Diallo, a researcher at Amnesty...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT… The Poor Ferry Services Amount to Marginalization of the People of...
HELLO MR PRESIDENT…
The Poor Ferry Services Amount to Marginalization of the People of the North Bank region…
As I have said before, the Gambia Ports Authority is the...
LAMIN NJIE: We Should Stop the Hypocrisy and Come to the Aid of People...
By Lamin Njie
I will put this plainly: Gambians are funny. One moment they’re straight-thinking, another moment they’re blinkered. It’s something I’ve become used to now.
It’s been Nogoi...
Why NPP Should Look Beyond Sheriffo Sonko for its BAC Chairman Candidate
As the old adage goes, "where there's smoke, there's fire." In this op-ed for The Fatu Network, we delve into the political landscape of the Brikama Area...
Chasing After Titles: The “Honourable” That Everyone Is Becoming
By: Honourable Toney F Mendy
In my observation, the chase for titles, the delight in being considered a "relevant stakeholder" whatever it means in our society today, have...
OPINION: ALHASSAN DARBOE: Barrow can be deposed in a mass uprising
When Adama Barrow was declared the winner of 2016 elections, I was beside myself with joy. I called friends and neighbors from far and near to celebrate...
LAMIN NJIE: If self-belief is what drives a leader, President Barrow has a bag...
Self-belief. Self-belief. SELF-BELIEF. That’s the answer I got when I asked one political analyst friend about the one thing that makes a leader successful. There wasn’t any...
The Flaws in President Barrow’s State-Owned Enterprises Plan
In the current state of affairs, it seems that the President of the Republic of Gambia, His Excellency Adama Barrow, has taken the path of grandiloquence, as...
Unlikely Bond: The Surprising Friendship Between Saddam Hussein and His Guards
By: Sowe Bully
In his final days, Saddam Hussein found himself guarded by a group of American soldiers. They were known as the Super Twelve, and they had been tasked...
A, B, C, Darboe Just Doesn’t Get It: A Commission is a Commission, Period.
Why did Lawyer Ousainou Darboe refuse to become a novelist? Because he's already a master of fiction, creating his own tales to suit his political agenda. In...
Banjul-Beijing diplomatic relations: What The Gambia missed for 2 decades
On 12 June, 195, President Sir Dawda Jawara met the great Chairman Mao, the pioneer of the new China, which was featured in the pages of Peking...
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...
Gambia at 58: It Is Still A Peaceful Country
By: Cherno Baba Jallow
At Independence In 1965, they called The Gambia an "improbable nation" because they weren’t sure she could survive on her own — too small,...
President Barrow’s Fictive Commissions: Testing the Limits of Human Justice
By Saul Njie
What happens when a State must prosecute itself? What is one to do when the State - not some foreign forces - are the tools...