A favorite dictum of African politics is that a week is a long time in politics. It follows, then, that three decades is virtually an eternity. This is how long these notable political philosophers, Sidia Jatta, Halifa Sallah and Sam Sarr including some who may be better known for their[Read More…]
Opinion
Madi Jobarteh: We Need To Rescue Adama Barrow From The Hyenas In Sheep’s Clothing
Never in the history of the Gambia has this nation been confronted with an existential threat like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders of each and every nation on earth are now in front of their people to confront this calamity of unimaginable proportions yet in the Gambia both the Executive[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Political Contradictions Makes Coronavirus Worst
Let us face it. A fiasco in the making? When caught in a fight between a weak presidency and the National Assembly, that play the majority or ‘tyranny of numbers’ politics, with weak independent institutions and a crippled economy, in the middle of a pandemic-instigated economic tailspin. It would be[Read More…]