In Gambia, a lot of our politicians conduct their politics with a WIIFM mentality: What’s-in-it-for-me mentality! It’s not only that they tell us they want to better our lives, it’s also that they want the power and control over our lives so that they can get wealthy and make those[Read More…]
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Ex-Gambian Minister Reveals Positive Covid-19 Test
A former Gambian Attorney General and minister of Justice in the erstwhile regime of Yahya Jammeh has tested positive for coronavirus. Mama Fatima Singhateh revealed the positive test on Tuesday, making her the first Gambian to openly admit carrying the virus. She had recently returned to the Gambia from Liberia[Read More…]
President Barrow Extends Gambia’s State Of Emergency Again
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Tuesday extended a state of emergency in the country for another week as part of measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. This is the third third time the president has bypassed parliament to declare a state of emergency since the outbreak of the[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia’s National Assembly: Democracy At Work
The purpose of the National Assembly is to instill pride into electorates or people who were sinking into a self-destructive inferiority complex due to years of abuse and suppression. It is quite challenging to hear and read the kind of things they spoke about as lawmakers – deeply reflective, extensively[Read More…]
Gambia: Police Extends Activist’s Bail Again
Police in the Gambia have for the third time extended the bail of an activist who was charged last week with publishing and broadcasting false news. Madi Jobarteh, a civil society leader, was detained last week at the Kairaba Police Station after he decried in a media interview the killings[Read More…]
Gambia: President Barrow Will Clamp Down On Critics To Stay In Office
Gambia’s foremost human rights defender and good governance campaigner, Madi Jobarteh is to appear in court today on politically-motivated charges of false publication and broadcasting by the government. Madi Jobarteh has been a constant torment of this government, scrutinising every bit of their actions and inactions, decision and indecisions as[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Defend The Republic. Stand Up For Democracy
The intention of the 1997 Constitution is to make the Gambia a Democratic Republic. The Constitution has guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms to citizens and mandated the Government to respect, protect and fulfill those rights and needs. The Constitution wants the Government to serve the people and act according to[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Need For Attention
We all require and need some form of attention at various times and oftentimes, from different people. Getting attention of any kind can be very comforting. But attention-seeking and ego are also connected in such a way that the egomaniac May only be comfortable when the attention is on them.[Read More…]
Mai Fatty: “Gambia’s Future Is In The Hands Of My Party”
Mai Ahmad Fatty of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress party (GMC) has called on voters to back his party in the coming elections. He said in his party, the principle of morality is emphasized to restore the balance and build a strong nation, with powerful institutions and a citizenry committed[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Our Democracy Is At Risk
“The most dangerous way to make decisions is to put them in the hands of those who pay no price for being wrong.”-Abdalla Sheikh Can the Gambia afford the unwieldy governance structures that the final draft constitution proposes? Is unity possible when dissident voices are coerced into submissive acceptance? Are[Read More…]
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