The Gambia’s political leadership is weighed in the balance and found wanting since the country gained independence in 1965. Without peaceful power alternation and presidential term limits of fifty-four years, The Gambia has had only three presidents, unlike in the United States where ten presidents served for fifty-four years. What[Read More…]
Opinion
The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup d’état – Part Five
Based on the testimony of the police witnesses at the Truth, Reconciliation & Reparations Commission (TRRC) one could notice their common distinctive position of having prior knowledge of the Gambia National Army’s (GNA) overwhelming strength in terms of lethal weaponry that far outmatched that of their entire forces to stand[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: New Gambia Needs A System Overhaul
A good anthropology is critical for good policy. Politics is where “what is good” is argued. Politics is a life and death struggle. I believe some of you mistakenly believe that politics is a moral and decent arena. It never has been and never will be. Politics, at its core,[Read More…]
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