The Gambia’s political leadership is weighed in the balance and found wanting since the country gained independence in 1965. Without peaceful power alternation and presidential term limits for decades of political emancipation, The Gambia has had only three presidents, unlike in the United States, where ten presidents served for fifty-five[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Samsudeen Sarr: How Five Gambian Officers Toppled The PPP Gov’t Within 7hrs
My July 22, 1994 day started as a normal sunny Friday morning with no indicator that Yundum Barracks, the main Gambia Nation Army (GNA) camp was engulfed in a rebellion. That soldiers had broken into the armory and seized the weapons there including the most sophisticated models to overthrow the[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: President Barrow “Sabari” And Free Yanks Darboe And His Colleagues
It is incredible how fast friends can become foes. I do not want to lay any claim to self-righteousness, but once someone has done you a single good in life, you do not turn against them no matter the temptation. President Barrow “Sabari” and free Yankuba Darboe and his colleagues.[Read More…]
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