Politics
First Lady’s Dented Image Should Worry Her Children If!
If at all her husband doesn’t give two hoots about her battered public image and the ramifications of actions linked to her, First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow’s children should give two monkeys about them. Like the Lady Chilel and the Chief Arthur Nzeribe scandal, which came to light in the immediate[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambian Man Charged In Malta Drug Trafficking Raid
A 27-year-old Gambian national has been charged with drug trafficking following coordinated police raids in St Paul’s Bay, Malta. Ousman Manneh, from The Gambia, was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate Marsanne Farrugia alongside Lamin Keita, 34, a Malian national residing in St Paul’s Bay. According to Maltese police, officers first[Read More…]
African News
Western Balkan Cartels Expand Cocaine Trade Through West Africa
Criminal networks from the Western Balkans are tightening their control over cocaine smuggling routes through West Africa, with The Gambia among the countries at risk, a new report has warned. The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) said Balkan groups, including Montenegrin clans and Albanian-speaking networks, have become central[Read More…]
Editorial
NPP Should Be The Party To Lose Sleep Over UMC’s Crash-Landing
The failed launch of the Unite Movement for Change (UMC) to the league of nation’s bona fide political parties should be more concerning to the National People’s Party (NPP) than the GDC, NUP or APP-Sobeyaa. The UMC’s unsuccessful launch to the orbit of IEC-recognised political parties appears to have laid[Read More…]
Opinion
Africa Must Speak Before The Missiles Do
The diplomatic clock is now ticking in the loudest way possible. With indirect talks between Washington and Tehran faltering, the world edges toward a war whose consequences would be neither regional nor temporary. What once sounded like contingency planning now looks like operational readiness. Statements from senior U.S. officials, including[Read More…]
Sports
Hundreds Paint Serekunda Red Following Senegal’s Triumph Over Morocco
There was a groundswell at the popular Westfield intersection and Sayerr Jobe Avenue in downtown Serekunda as hundreds converged on the Gambia’s largest city on Sunday evening to celebrate Senegal’s victory in the finals of the African Cup of Nations. Senegal beat host Morocco by one goal to nil and,[Read More…]
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