The Gambia midfielder Sulayman Marreh says a ban on his country’s national stadium hosting international games ‘is a big disgrace’. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has said that the Independence Stadium in Bakau does not meet its standards to host international matches. It means the Scorpions, who reached the[Read More…]
Year: 2022
Police Under Fire For Beating Opposition Supporter At Brikama Protest
Police in The Gambia have been criticised for their treatment of an opposition supporter during clashes between officers and peaceful protesters at a demonstration in Brikama on Thursday evening. Supporters of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) shared video footage on social media that appeared to show PIU officers[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: IEC Should Respond To The UDP Allegations
It is 72 hours today since the United Democratic Party released the names and pictures of some 256 people said to form part of a larger list of people who were fraudulently registered by the IEC. The party said this is part of the evidence they have indicating that the[Read More…]
Catholic Group Urges Senegal To End Anti-Rebel Operation
Catholic group Sant’Egidio has urged Senegal’s military to end an operation against southern separatists and called for dialogue after the West African state’s long-simmering conflict reignited last year. On Sunday, the army announced that it had launched an operation in the southern region of Casamance, aiming to dismantle bases of[Read More…]
D. A. Jawo: Meet the People’s Tour – Another Abuse Of Incumbency?
While there is no denying the fact that President Adama Barrow has the constitutional mandate to undertake his mandatory annual ‘Meet the People’s Tour’, but everyone expects him to do it at the most appropriate time and occasion. We have seen a press release trending on social media announcing President[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: No To Meet The People Tour!
The time has come to review the value and the manner of the conduct of the ‘Meet the People Tour’ in order to stop the fraudulent misuse of public resources and abuse of office under the cover of the Constitution. The idea of this tour in the Constitution is purely[Read More…]
French Ride-Hailing App Aims To Reinvent Taxis Experience In Senegal
Maguette Mbaye had always taken taxis to her banking job in Senegal’s capital Dakar, but haggling over prices and inhaling fumes through the open windows every day wore her down. She left all that behind when French ride-hailing app Heetch launched in January. The ride costs a little more, but[Read More…]
Health Ministry To Launch Gambia Polio Vaccine Campaign
The Ministry of Health with support from partners such as, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, WHO, UNICEF, CDC and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will embark on a polio vaccination campaign in the Gambia on Saturday, the second nationwide campaign to fight the disease. The campaign, which is aimed at reaching[Read More…]
The IEC Cannot Interprete The Constitution!
The fact of the matter is that the law is not static nor is it monotonous. Hence it is subjected to various interpretations. It is for this reason that where there is ample dissenting voice in a a particular judgemnet, it is put to a vote and the majority decides.[Read More…]
The Momodou Sabally National Assembly Nomination Saga: Sad But Lawful
He is a towering intellectual and first rate orator, served simultaneously as Secretary General and Minister of Presidential Affairs under His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhagie Dr Yahya A. J. Jammeh (the Professor). In that role he met all stripes of leaders domestic and international and participated in the great public[Read More…]
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