Thank you very much, Koto Demba. You have made an analysis of the situation but I prefer to leave the political experts to critic, agree or disagree with you on the political aspect of it. I will focus on the non-Gambian issue. I have a plethora of questions but will[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Spineless Man
The spine is a very critical part of all mammals. If the spine is broken, the mammal may still function but cannot function effectively and efficiently. Therefore, someone without a spine is what they call “spineless”. However, the word “spineless”, goes beyond the medical lack of a spine, it speaks[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Why Is Gen. Saul Badgie Not Arrested And Court Martialed?
When generals Umpa Mendy and Ansumana Tamba returned from Equatorial Guinea they were arrested and put to a court martial in 2019. But they got freed from desertion charges because they claimed they were asked by Gen. Badgie to accompany the Tinpot Dictator into self imposed exile. These two generals[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: I Ask For Your Support: I Am “Standing” For Parliament
Friends and family, enemies and detractors, pretenders and Facebook spy-friends, after careful consideration and a thorough analysis of the political landscape, I have decided, with utmost humility, and with a profound sense of a burden, to seek your votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections. I have just realized that our[Read More…]
Gambia Politico: Special New Year Message To NPP – Let’s Get To Work And Stop The Nonsense Celebrations!
If it was a UDP government, we would have been at work by now, so what are you folks frolicking for! Our country has no time to celebrate, I mean what are we celebrating – another five years of Barrow? Judging by his performance of the last five years, we[Read More…]
Dr Omar Janneh: Looking Back And Sharing Some Thoughts
In 2021, we saw in the Gambia that democracy often yields outcomes that bona fide opposition parties would not have wanted, but given our electoral laws we have to respect it as the will of the voters. I wish the Barrow government well, hoping that the clumsiness, malfeasance, and poor[Read More…]
A Piece Of Advice To President-Elect Barrow
Now that President-elect Adama Barrow has received a strong mandate from Gambians to rule this country for another five years, everyone is anxiously waiting to see how he is going to handle his new mandate. Is he going to continue with the same lackadaisical attitude, with corruption and malfeasance being[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The They Problem And Us Solution
Ask anyone you meet on the streets and they will tell you what Gambia’s problems are and those behind the problems. Corruption? We all know who the corrupt ones are. It just so happens that the corrupt ones are not us or our family members. It is the “others”. Hypocrisy?[Read More…]
Cherno Baba Jallow: The Great Homecoming, And Memories Galore
I finally set foot on Gambian soil on December 30, 2021. It would be 25 years since I left. For 23 years, I remained a political exile in America. For my personal safety, I dared not return here. Jammeh was in power. And he hated his critics. Like me. When[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Peter Pan Syndrome
“All children, except one, grow up”, wrote the author of “Peter and Wendy”. In The Gambia, all children, except soured political party diehards, grow up. And in The Gambia, these soured political party diehards are a dime a dozen and they are precariously propped on both ends of the pendulum[Read More…]
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