By Pa Louis Sambou For most people, the Israel – Palestine question is probably the one conflict whose ugly scenes of horror has regularly appeared before their screens for a…
Author: Pa Louis Sambou Jr
Column | How serious must the President’s National Dialogue Meeting initiative be taken?
By Pa Louis Sambou The premise of thought of most fair-minded people is no doubt that, dialogue is always preferable to anything else to the contrary. So, in principle, the concept of…
Thirty-fifth Annual Pilgrimage to The Shrine Of Our Lady of Peace, Kunkujang Mariama
By Philip Saine On Saturday 9 December 2023, The Diocese of Banjul celebrated the 35th Annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace atKunkujang. On the eve of the pilgrimage, the Catholic Diocesan Youth Committee held a ‘Walk’ that extended from…
Column | Does a coup in Niger present an emergency which merits the threat of military action by ECOWAS?
| The threat of military action in Niger by ECOWAS, and the role which The Gambia must play as a member state | By Pa Louis Sambou It is certainly…
Encomium | Alpha Robinson pays tribute to late Hon Omar (O.J) Jallow
Late Hon Omar Amadou (O.J) Jallow | Former NAWEC boss, Alpha Robinson’s solemn tribute to the late venerable Hon Omar (O.J) Jallow | By Alpha Robinson In memory of Honourable Omar Amadou…
Opinion | The ‘Veil’ Issue in The Gambia
| Community Leader, Philip Saine sheds light on ongoing ‘veil’ issue, urges vigilance against extremist ideologies packaged as something else | By Phillip Saine The Veil Civil Suit in the Gambia initiated…
Column | Do drivers of the ‘veil’ fracas pass the sniff test?
| The veiled ploy, masked behind the school ‘veil’ civil suit | By Pa Louis Sambou Poverty, crime, corruption, unemployment, worse than poor healthcare facilities and outcomes but to name a…
Column | A case for abolition of the death penalty in The Gambia
By Pa Louis Sambou During the same week in which the subject of reintroduction of the death penalty in the UK held mainstream media bandwidth hostage, for those in opposition to…
Open Letter | Still keeping up pretences: An Open Letter to Mustapha Njie
Image: Dave Manneh By Dave Manneh and Abdoukarim Sanneh for The Brufut Land Restitution Secretariat Mr Njie, You gave a lecture on “conscience” – the other week. We learned about…
2024 Fever: Macky Sall’s coalition projected to lose 2024 election, others
By Sheriff Saidykhan | Political Analysis of The Gambia and Senegal Country Risk Report 2022 | Fitch Solutions, a data analytical research centre based in London has projected that Macky Sall,…