Ask any Gambian and they will tell you what the problem is and those behind the problems we face in The Gambia. Corruption? We all know who the corrupt ones are. It’s just not us or our family members. It is the others. Hypocrisy? We know who the hypocrites[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Football Icon ‘s Biri Biri’s Death Reverberates Beyond Football
Shock and a stunned silence washed over the football universe Sunday as the tragic news spread that Alhagie Momodou Njie, known as Biri Biri, died. Athletes and fans, politicians, and celebrities alike struggled to process the death of an athletic icon whose impact and fame spanned sport and culture. I[Read More…]
Real Madrid Reaches Out To Biri Biri’s Family
Spanish football giants, Real Madrid C has send a condolence message to the family of Gambia’s football icon Biri Biri. Biri Biri died Sunday in neighbouring Senegal where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. In a message published on its website, the Spanish champions said its president and[Read More…]
Biri Biri: Gambia’s Football Legend Dies
The death has been announced of Alhaji Momodou Njie, a former Gambian footballer and deputy major of Banjul City Council. Mr Njie passed away on Sunday at the age of 72 in neighbouring Senegal where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Born in Banjul in March 1948, Biri[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: It’s Still A Man’s World
It is still a man’s world or so we men make it so. From the menfolk to Lamin Bojang, the show of solidarity, of support, of excuse of action as aberration, of minimalism, of pontificating on morality while mindboggling is not surprising…. When it comes to issues of sex and[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: An Ode To A Gambian Policewoman
As dejecting as this picture may be to many of us, I am glad some of us choose to see beyond the ineptitude of our governments and instead focus on a gallant and dedicated Police Officer who stands in the rain and muddy waters doing a thankless job. As hopeless[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: President Adama Barrow Is Mocking The Constitution
While we recognize the need to pursue ethno-chauvinistic majoritarian ambitions and playing court jesting around the President with “Heeno Barrow, Kairo Barrow, Mo kendo Barrow” pleasantries, we must be cognizant of the idea that we are not a country ruled by fiat. We must resist being a country of “what[Read More…]
Gambia Urged To Drop Charges Against Madi Jobarteh
ARTICLE 19 today urged The Gambia to immediately drop the charges of false information and broadcasting against human rights activist Madi Jobarteh and commit to repeal all laws that restrict the rights to freedom of expression. Fatou Jagne Senghore, Regional Director of ARTICLE 19 West Africa said: “These controversial legal[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: I Will Not Badmouth Lamin Waa Juwara (Mbaroadi)
It is not easy to write about Lamin Waa Juwara, known as Mbaroadi, and praise him and not come out as Jali Bamba. His sycophancy deifies Mbaroadi embarrassingly, even as he knows he is a mortal of common fears and normal faults. It is not easy to praise Mbaroadi without[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Open Letter To Gambia’s Attorney General And Police Boss
Dear Attorney General and minister of Justice and the Inspector General of Police, drop the charges against Westminister Foundation For Democracy representative in the Gambia, Madi Jobarteh. Questions of constitutionality aside, this action further undermines the already dwindling democratic space in which freedom of expression and civil society operates in[Read More…]
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