Many have asked what were Gambian civil society and various individuals doing during the Dictatorship. Well, from my files I wish to share two portions from a risk assessment study I did for ECOWAS in 2011 about the Gambia. Between 2006 and 2014 I used to submit weekly early warning[Read More…]

Two inescapable moments: childhood and death. Both we do not often cater in our urban planning. Communities in the Greater Banjul Area lack play grounds/ recreational facilities (for childhood) and cemeteries [for the dead]. Why do we refuse to create spaces for these moments? Because children do not community owned[Read More…]

Fatoumatta: It is amazing that after fifty-three years as a nation we still have not decided how our country should be run. Yet at that age, one ought to have married, brought up own children and started the journey into the sunset of his life assured of a solid legacy.[Read More…]