“Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added unto you” is a popular saying attributed to the great Pan Africanist, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. I guess the African continent heeded to this advice of Nkrumah and its countries fought to unburden themselves of the shackles of colonialism.[Read More…]
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Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: What Will Barrow Do About The NIA?
The visit by the TRRC to the headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency has exposed gross misconduct and tampering with evidence. Yet it is several days now and the Office of the President has uttered no word and took no action about the state of affairs at the NIA. Why?[Read More…]
Ex-US Ambassador Recalls Gambia’s 1994 Coup And The Rise of Yahya Jammeh
US Ambassador in Banjul, Gambia, Andrew Winter, was not expecting a coup on the morning of July 22, 1994 — but that is what he got. With little violence and no casualties, 29-year old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh and other junior army officers occupied the capital and the presidential compound, ousting[Read More…]