We all bore witness to that pregnant day of hope and promise Our dreams of that day, turning into the nightmares of today The truth gave birth to lies Bracing itself, as it delivered painfully, on the mantle of betrayal On the day the truth lied, some celebrated vice and[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Runaway Academic Inflation
Today I learned a new phrase from Omar Touray and boy it got me worried. At the rate we are going, there will come a time when getting a job as a dog-catcher in Badibu will require a PhD. Ok, may be I’m exaggerating but my point is, to be[Read More…]
The Ugly Face Of Religious Intolerance
A majority of Gambians no doubt welcome the comments made by the Minister of Lands and Regional Governments Sheriff Abba Sanyang while reacting to the unnecessary provocations against the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat by imams Abdoulie Fatty and Chebu Cham and their radicalized supporters. However, most people also[Read More…]
Transformative Transitional Justice: The Key To Sustainable Peace And Never Again – Part 2
Every truth commission is an embodiment of multiple entities. It embodies the various aspects of the body politic in which it operates as well as any external entities that might have been affected by the human rights violations and abuses it is tasked to investigate. For example, in the case[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Cautious Welcome To The Vice President Alieu Badara Joof
If the Barrow administration had done what they are constitutionally mandated to do from January 2017 to date, today Vice President Alieu Badara Joof would not have stood before the nation to solemnly acknowledge failures, lament poor performance and admonish colleagues for ineptitude and corruption. Since 2017, there have been[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: The Abuse Of The Ahmaddiya Must Stop!
After the TRRC and all that The Gambia endured in the 22 bloody years of tyranny, the time has come for the shameful practice of prejudice, discrimination and abuse against one another must stop. None more than the Ahmaddiya has suffered such discrimination in this country for nothing other than[Read More…]
Transformative Transitional Justice: The Key To Sustainable Peace And Never Again
Transitional Justice may be defined as the totality of processes and mechanisms designed to assist societies deal with a painful past of human rights violations, authoritarianism or conflict, to craft a present and future of respect for human rights, human dignities and the rule of law, and to help prevent[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: IGP Must Act!
The imams and organizers of that bigotry conference in Talinding Islamic Institute should be charged by the IGP for incitement to violence and insulting the religious feelings of others contrary to the Criminal Code. Neither the TRRC nor the Government has given any preferential treatment to the Ahmaddiya Muslims in[Read More…]
Gambians Welcome New Cabinet, but….
President Adama Barrow has finally appointed and sworn-in his long anticipated cabinet and the reaction had to a large extent been positive. With the exception of Hamat Bah and Musa Drammeh, whose inclusion in the new cabinet was a foregone conclusion, in view of them being very close confidants of[Read More…]
UDP: Remembering And Honouring Our Women
Women in the UDP have left their mark on Gambian history, none more so than the women who led the struggle to liberate our country from the clutches of a bloodthirsty tyrant. On this day, May 9th 2016, we remember the valiant defiance of our women who refused to be[Read More…]
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