By Pa Louis Sambou Having gone through the White Paper, I cannot help but say that our transitional justice journey may not have been so chaotic and rocky had we had…
Category: OPINION
OPINION | Gambia: A Hub for Corruption
Author: Ebrima L. Dampha Our country, The Gambia, is trekking a route of an unimaginable quagmire! By Ebrima L. Dampha Mr. President, Corruption has been part of social interaction since the beginning…
OPINION | National Assembly Election Postmortem
D.A Jawo, Former Information Minister By D. A. Jawo Gambians have spoken through their ballots by electing those they want to represent them in the National Assembly for the next five years….
OPINION | A Nation In Emotion of Division
By Sheriff Saidykhan The political, and religious differences has for the past years been unabated in the country. The political division has sifted into tribal, and individual prejudices. Many political parties…
OPINION | Lawyer Lamin J Darbo Weighs in, on the Electoral Commission’s Rejection of the Nomination of UDP’s Busumbala Constituency Candidate, Momodou Sabally
Lawyer Lamin J Darbo He is a towering intellectual and first rate orator, served simultaneously as Secretary General and Minister of Presidential Affairs under His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhagie Dr Yahya A….
OPINION | A Gambian Youth’s Response to A Religious ‘Leader’ Who Calls for An Overthrow of Democratic Statehood and Imposition of Islamic State in The Gambia
By: Toney F Mendy The comments of Chebbo Cham on The Standard News Paper [March 3, 2022] that The Gambia should be an Islamic State are an expression of potent delusional wishes, but even beyond that,…
Momodou Ndow, expounds his views on the timber Casamance crisis
Casamance is essentially the place where you will find the last forest of Senegal, and it could dissapear entirely soon! According to experts, as of 2019, Casamance has lost over 10,000 hectares…
Column | Are Foreign Troops on Gambian Territory Staying For Far Too Long For Their Own Good, Undoing All The Good They Have Done?
| The Truth About The Rapidly Thinning Boundary Between ECOMIG and Senegalese Government Foreign Policy Interests & Its Implications | By Pa Louis Sambou The presence of foreign troops…
Opinion| Adieu Pa Modou Faal: A man of peace in a world of evil
By Sheriff Saidykhan When people of great virtures left the face of the earth, many people reminded themselves of the indelible footprints they left behind as a recollection of daily…
Opinion| Saul Saidykhan offers his insights into Gambian politics and the TRRC report, described as “Lack of ethics” stupid!
By Saul Saidykhan Paul Begala and James Carville saved Americans from the countless TV Talking Heads by capturing the essence of the 1992 presidential contest between Bill Clinton and then President…