(JollofNews) – Mr. President, with a deep sense of humility and patriotism, I write to you on a subject of high importance to our country, which is the nomination of National Assembly Members as required of you under Section 88(b). This is your next big move! Let me say[Read More…]
Opinion
London Letter With Dida Halake: Gambia Has Decided – Now Let’s Work!
(JollofNews) – While listening to my friend Pa Nderry M’bai of Freedom Newspaper’s rather hysterical “Election Night Analysis” on the 6th of April 2017, I sent him an e-mail to dampen his “I am soooo happy tonight” hysteria. I told him that “my information is UDP has won 32 seats”.[Read More…]
Gambia: Time To Heal A Divided Nation
(JollofNews) – The Gambia has decided and while a good number are dealing with their disappointment, her choice will reverberate around the rest of the world. More importantly, it’s now time to pray for God to bring deep healing to the divide and schism in this beautiful nation. It’s not[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: “Pa Nderry Mbai Gone Berserk”!
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s online journalism chief Pa Nderry Mbai has again gone beserk. He has done what he is at best at: insulting, provoking, fanning seeds of hatred and tribalism. The bad boy is simply rotten, and nothing can sanitise him. The problem could have been his upbringing, lack of[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Never Forget
(JollofNews) – Never forget the thing called APRC and Yaya Jammeh! Those who forget history are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past. As we head to the polls tomorrow, remember the history. Just 3 months ago, we had a ruling party called APRC led by a president called[Read More…]
Gambia: Seven Decades of Economic Development 1950 – 1959 (Part 1)
(JollofNews) – Introduction Timothy Snyder in his epic work On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons of the Twentieth Century remarked that “If young people do not begin to make history, politicians of eternity and inevitability will destroy it. And to make history, they need to know some.” It is as a result[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: New Gambia And Accepting Deported Citizens
(JollofNews) – This is a highly emotive issue, not just for The Gambia but for Africa in general. The Diaspora Gambians/Africans feel strongly that African governments must not “collude” with Western governments to make it easier for the Western governments to deport Africans residing in the West. (Latin American countries[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: APRC Crimes: Insulting Our Intelligence, Faith And Dignity
(JollofNews) – It is true that inflicting physical bodily injury or robbing someone of his or her property or taking human life is indeed painful and grievous. But it is also true that injuring the dignity, intelligence and name of a person or society can be equally quite deep and[Read More…]
Gambia: Tribalism: A Threat To Democracy
(JollofNews) – Tribalism? This can be defined as “the behavior and attitudes that stem from strong loyalty to one’s own tribe or social group”. As a result, the tribalist has disdain for and often disrespects the tribes they think are inferior to theirs. Such people, therefore, discourage association in[Read More…]
Gambia: GDC & Independent Candidates Could Possibly Be Calling The Shots In A Hung Parliament
(JollofNews) – This year’s parliamentary election is truly a remarkable event for our democracy. With the coalition parties at each other’s throats, it is hard to imagine how they can work together to deliver on all the promises they made during the presidential campaign which saw Adama Barrow winning the[Read More…]
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