Never in the history of the Gambia has this nation been confronted with an existential threat like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders of each and every nation on earth are now in front of their people to confront this calamity of unimaginable proportions yet in the Gambia both the Executive[Read More…]
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Coronavirus: Gambia Registers 136 New Cases
An additional 136 people in the Gambia have tested positive for new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to figures from the country’s Ministry of Health. 30 per cent of the confirmed cases are health officials from the Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital. The number of confirmed cases[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Political Contradictions Makes Coronavirus Worst
Let us face it. A fiasco in the making? When caught in a fight between a weak presidency and the National Assembly, that play the majority or ‘tyranny of numbers’ politics, with weak independent institutions and a crippled economy, in the middle of a pandemic-instigated economic tailspin. It would be[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia Goes Into Lockdown
Lockdown restrictions have been imposed in the Gambia due to an alarming surge of coronavirus in the country, President Adama Barrow has announced. A night curfew has been imposed in all parts of the country from 22:00 hrs to 05:00 hrs and violators face a D5,000 fine. Only persons on[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Another Gambian Minister Tests Positive
Another Gambian minister has today tested positive for coronavirus. Fatou Kinteh, minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, is the latest minister to be sidelined by the disease. Several other senior government officials including Vice-president Dr Isatou Touray, Finance minister Mambureh Njie, Petroleum and Energy minister Fafa Sanyang and Agriculture[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Stop Taking Things For Granted
Speaking up against abuse of power and corruption, especially in a post dictatorship society is an urgent, necessary and a historic duty incumbent on all conscious sovereign citizens! The incidence of abuse of power unfolding in The Gambia at this moment is alarming unless if one is not watching! We[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia Registers 128 New Cases
The Gambia has registered another 128 new cases of coronavirus. According to figures from the country’s Ministry of Health, 799 people have contracted the disease since March 2020. An additional two unnamed people have also died of the disease, taking the number of deaths to 16. Despite the increasing number[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: How To Steal An Election (Part 1)
Elections are seen as a cornerstone of any democracy and that includes the unabashedly pretentious democracies like the United States. To buy legitimacy, even the most vile of dictators would hold periodic elections in order to claim legitimacy and be a “government of the people, by the people and for[Read More…]
Coronavirus: KMC Mayor Tests Positive
The mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) has tested positive for coronavirus. Talib Ahmed Bensouda said he is in good spirits and is self-isolation. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Bensouda said he took the test after he started experiencing headache, lost of smell and taste. “My test[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Time For President Barrow To Revisit The COVID-19 Response
It is indeed outrageous how citizens ignore preventive measures to combat Coronavirus. However this problem lie at the foot of the President and the sooner he realises that the quicker he should get up to reverse the situation! The current bad situation is expected if one follows the huge missteps[Read More…]
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