Freedom fighters rarely remain fighters after tasting power. In many cases they turn to dictatorship and find comfort in corruption. But the worst ones are those who do not achieve power of their own but survive in its periphery. Thus, the rumors depressing my soul right now: President Adama Barrow’s[Read More…]
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Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: We Need National Stocktaking, NOT Celebration!
On Saturday December 2 the Coalition and Pres. Barrow launched a massive celebration at the Buffer Zone marking the first anniversary of the end of dictatorship in the Gambia. As typical in our history, scores of citizens were transported from around the country to grace the occasion. The same musicians[Read More…]
One Year After Jammeh: Is Barrow’s Gov’t Keeping Its Promises?
(IFEX)- A year ago on December 1st, Gambians went to the polls with hopes of voting out a dictatorship and ushering in a government that would restore democracy and a new era of hope. It was a long and difficult journey, characterised by 22 years of murders, arbitrary arrests and[Read More…]
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