The hottest topic of discussions these past few days had been the reaction to statements attributed to President Adama Barrow during his current tour of the countryside. He had been quoted using all sorts of invectives against the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe, even to the[Read More…]
Opinion
Update On Police Visit To My House
This morning, Friday October 6 I received a call from the police headquarters saying they were inviting me to their office. I told them I cannot come because I am sick. So they said they will come to my house. Four officers came in a numberless, glass tinted pickup truck.[Read More…]
B. B. Darboe Should Shut Up
Dear editor, I want to react to a press release by the Gambia For All party ‘owned by’ B.B. Darboe that I heard read by Peter Gomez at West Coast Radio last week. I know it is best not to keep making reference to the Sukuta Traffic Lights case as[Read More…]
Drop Charges Against Journalist Bakary Mankajang
I hereby call on the IGP to immediately release and drop all charges against citizen journalist Bakary Mankajang. The actions of Mankajang to interview witnesses does not interfere with or obstruct police investigations into the September 12 fatal shooting of PIU officers. Hence the police must not drag itself into[Read More…]
Vouching For The Gambia Government Spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh
I am writing this testimony not as Deputy Government Spokesperson but as an ordinary citizen of The Gambia and family to Mr. Ebrima G. Sankareh. It is quite unfortunate that one ugly side effect of being a Government Spokesperson is that constant bullying by fastidious and jealous elements with pretensions[Read More…]
Free Momodou Sabally, Free Sheriffo Sonko & Defend Democracy!
It is pertinent that all citizens, political parties and CSOs pay close attention to the growing weaponization of laws and institutions in this country thus posing clear and present danger to democracy and human rights. The detention of Momodou Sabally and Sheriffo Sonko of UDP in the wake of the[Read More…]
Commission Of Inquiry On The Gambia Police Force
Two young officers have lost their lives. They are from poor families and probably leaving behind young wives and children. They are most certainly the breadwinners of their families. A third young officer is in injury at the hospital, not knowing if she will regain her full health and strength[Read More…]
Attack On PIU Officers & The Press Conference
The attack on September 12 on PIU officers resulting in three casualties is both despicable and cowardly, and the IGP must be commended for speedily apprehending the key suspect, Ousainou Bojang. I wish to call on the police to carry out their investigations with due diligence and professionalism to ensure[Read More…]
Effective Accountability Is What Is Required
Once again the Government has come out with a heavyweight press release yet we know from the past nothing comes out these so-called reviews and investigations. The mess in this country is created, caused and perpetrated by none other than the Government itself. Hence the Government must be held responsible[Read More…]
Understanding The Situation In Senegal, Defend Democracy
Senegal is at the brink of collapse simply because Pres. Macky Sall is hellbent on standing for a third re-election in 2024 claiming that his first term (2012 – 2019) does not count. His surrogates and himself seem to maintain that the term limit began in 2019 following the constitutional[Read More…]
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