The country’s first generation of leaders battled to give the Gambia that dates February 18, 1965, declared as Independence Day, the Gambia as a constitutional monarchy that remained part of the British Commonwealth headed by the Queen, but in 1970 became a presidential republic replaced Queen Elizabeth II as head[Read More…]

Today, we stand tall, proud, and free, thanks to our forefathers and mothers who risked their lives and all for the freedom you and I enjoy today. We always wondered what it is like to set off on a journey, having secured our freedom from an oppressive and abusive status[Read More…]

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…]