He was the boy who would be president and the man who attained that status notwithstanding the improbability of 01 December 2016 and its culmination in presidential ascendancy on 19 January 2017. In the intervening years between boyhood and No. 1 Marina Parade, nothing attendant to the vicissitudes of life[Read More…]
Opinion
De-Reserving Abuko Nature Reserve: Understanding The Context
To put it bluntly and simply, the Gambian environment is being ravaged thanks to both negligence and corruption by the Government. Since 2017, the destruction of the land, sea, beaches, forests, wetlands, streams and waterways, and mangroves through pollution, encroachments, dumping, bush fires, and de-gazetting continue unabated and without protection[Read More…]
International Women’s Day Versus The Shrinking Space For Gambian Women
Once again, it’s another March 8, and another International Women’s Day celebrations; but do Gambian women have much to celebrate under the regime of President Adama Barrow? It’s quite a well known fact that many Gambian women, both at home and abroad, were among those in the forefront of the[Read More…]