The Gambia awoke today to a silence that feels heavier than grief itself. A towering figure has departed our midst. Lawyer Ousman Sillah, legal luminary, survivor of tyranny, scholar of rare brilliance, and one of the bravest sons this nation has ever produced, has returned to his Lord. His passing[Read More…]

Response To S. Chopet: A Dinner Is Not the Problem Our Democratic Anxiety Is. Critics miss the point: the real test of press freedom is not avoiding the President’s table, but ensuring journalists can question him fearlessly the next morning The argument that Gambians are “too easily appeased” because journalists[Read More…]

Twenty-one years have passed since Deyda Hydara was assassinated on December 16, 2004. His voice was silenced, but his vision continues to thunder across the conscience of our nation. Deyda’s absence is a wound that refuses to heal, a reminder that truth was murdered but never buried. Deyda epitomized journalism’s[Read More…]