By Saul SaidyKhan In a leaked audio call between Barrow and an unidentified IEC official on election night, the president could be heard gushing (about his emerging electoral heist)“it’s unprecedented”! Indeed, it…
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D. A Jawo Offers Advice to President Elect Barrow
A Piece of Advice to President-elect Barrow By D. A. Jawo Now that President-elect Adama Barrow has received a strong mandate from Gambians to rule this country for another five years, everyone…
OPINION | 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Writer and Political Scientist diagnosis the Issues with The Gambia’s Political system By Saul Saidykhan Few 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗗𝗣 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄’𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹…
OPINION | Presidential election 2021, lessons for UDP
Key Takeaways Why UDP Lost By Alieu Susso The outcome of the Presidential election was greeted with shocked for many people in The Gambia and abroad. Below are the resultant…
OPINION | Former GNA Lieutenant Binneh Minteh Shares His Opinion on Essa Faal
“Be Careful Gambia” Writes Minteh By Dr. Binneh Minteh Memorializing November 11th, 1994 Extra-judical Executions In The Gambia ( Part II): Essa Mbye Faal Prosecuted Alleged November 11th Suspects. It is…
OPINION | Paradigm Shift in The Presidential Voting Criteria
By Philip Saine The Gambia Electoral Cycle has reached a climax for the 2021 Presidential Elections. A total number of 962, 157 voters have been registered and citizens are presented with 6…
OPINION | D.A Jawo Shares Pertinent Observations on Presidential Elections 2021
By D. A. Jawo As we approach the last lap of the campaign for the December 4th presidential elections, it may not be out of place to make a few observations regarding the entire…
OPINION | Reasoning an APRC/NPP Alliance
By Philip Saine (Contributing Author) On Thursday 2nd September, 2021 the National People’s Party (NPP) and the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) formed an alliance that seems not to be a popular initiative. The People…
OPINION | “Doff Yi”: My Struggles with Depression
By Amran Gaye (contributing author) In 2011, while in college in the US, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was a new label, for things I had always felt, as far…
REJOINDER | Open Letter to Citizens’ Alliance – Re: Your Public References Denoting Violence
In a press conference held or broadcast on Friday 15th January 2021 which was widely reported by several media outlets, your party leader and flag bearer Dr Ismaila Ceesay expressed your party’s concerns and frustration in…