On Saturday December 2 the Coalition and Pres. Barrow launched a massive celebration at the Buffer Zone marking the first anniversary of the end of dictatorship in the Gambia. As typical in our history, scores of citizens were transported from around the country to grace the occasion. The same musicians[Read More…]
Year: 2017
One Year After Jammeh: Is Barrow’s Gov’t Keeping Its Promises?
(IFEX)- A year ago on December 1st, Gambians went to the polls with hopes of voting out a dictatorship and ushering in a government that would restore democracy and a new era of hope. It was a long and difficult journey, characterised by 22 years of murders, arbitrary arrests and[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Freedom Is Kept Through Eternal Vigilance, Not Indulgence Or Celebration
A year ago on December 1st, we made a tyrst with destiny and at the polls we cast away the yoke of tyranny which was like an albatross around the nation’s neck. The time has come to renew that pledge, the oath of “never again”, to remember and appreciate the[Read More…]
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