Five years ago, the president of Gambia crowned 18-year-old Fatou Jallow the winner of the nation’s top beauty pageant with a lecture to her and other contestants: Do not rush to marry, he said, but use the pageant’s scholarship prize to fulfill your dreams. But the president, Yahya Jammeh, soon[Read More…]
Year: 2019
Gambia: Jammeh Was The Alfa And The Omega
“That was the status quo then” is an unjustifiable statement but Brig. Gen. Martin is right. At one time in our country’s governance, Jammeh was the Alfa and the omega. His mere pronouncement was automatic law that no one challenges- not even the National Assembly neither the Bar Association. His[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Is There A Season For Politics?
Dear Njundu, Yesterday we could not agree on the motion “Politics has a season”. You vehemently argued that since it is not elections time, our political parties should down their political tools and allow the Government to work. “We are done with elections. It is time to work now, to[Read More…]
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