(JollofNews) – I was drawn to JollofNews Radio into the early hours of Friday night as the mixed bag of results streamed through. It soon became apparent that this was not going to be another Jammeh landslide. I was reminded of the saying: “The impossible takes time, but a miracle[Read More…]
Opinion
Why Is Adama Barrow Not Addressing Us?
(JollofNews) – It has been 24 hours and the president-elect has not addressed us the Gambians. Why? Why was there not a victory speech prepared since days before to deliver the moment the IEC declared the results? We gave him our mandate and the IEC confirmed him the winner, therefore[Read More…]
Torchligh With Michael Scales: Why The Gambia Is Worth Dying For
(JollofNews)– It feels right to come back to the walls of JollofNews after such a long enforced absence of leave due to poor but much improved health. My everlasting thanks to PK Jarju and Yusupha Cham for so many concerned phone calls of unflinching support. God willing, the worst has[Read More…]
Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring In Banjul?
(JollofNews) – “We are ready for change!” These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President Yahya Jammeh, and when I asked the driver about his political views I had[Read More…]
Gambia: The Change We Want, And The Challenges Awaiting The Next President
(JollofNews) – It’s very obvious that there is an urgent and desired need for change in The Gambia. In fact, the need for change is so dire that one could describe it as, “The Fierce Urgency of Now”; the title of the book authored by Julian Zelizer, a Historian and[Read More…]
Frankly Speaking With Andrew Mendy: Why Vote In the Gambia Elections? Your Vote Is Your Right And Your Voice
(JollofNews) – The importance of voting and democracy dates back to the time of ancient Greece. The ancient Romans also utilized democracy which set a precedent for future nations. Why is Voting important? “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying[Read More…]
An Open Letter To The GDC: Matter Of Gambia’s Opposition Unity
(JollofNews) – I write to you as a concern citizen, to engage you on a matter at hand, relating to efforts to unite Gambia’s opposition for the forthcoming Presidential elections slated for December 1st 2016. I followed that on Friday October 14th 2016, the GDC withheld signing the Memorandum of[Read More…]
Gambia: NADD, The Political Paradise That Never Was
(JollofNews) – If you were in the Gambia at the period of the birth of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (best known by its acronym as NADD) in 2005, and you were a believer of the possibility of a democratic change in Gambia, then you probably were in[Read More…]
What Do You Do With Your Life After You’ve Already Been The World’s Youngest Dictator?
(JollofNews) – Valentine Strasser was once the world’s youngest dictator, ruling Sierra Leone for four turbulent years. But his fall from power left him broken, exiled, and eventually back home as a mysterious and feared recluse. BuzzFeed News makes an uninvited house call. The run-down mansion rising above the Freetown[Read More…]
Gambia: Lamin Gano Stop It! You Can’t Glorify Ousman Sonko
(JollofNews) – ‘…to sincerely commend you for your decision to desert the government of President Jammeh and to also congratulate you on your successful escape from The Gambia and from Jammeh. This is a major achievement considering that many of our colleagues were not able to do that and thus[Read More…]
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