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Victim Center advises IG to deny APRC permit to protest
The Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations has written to the Inspector General of police urging him not to grant Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party a permit to protest for return of Yahya Jammeh.
There…
Vatican II revisited: On the equality and unity of faiths
By Baba Galleh Jallow
A day before Christmas 2019, Reuters quoted Pope Francis as saying to the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics, and by extension the entire world community that “God continues to love us all, even the worst of…
‘Clarifications concerning certain provisions in draft constitution’
Following the publication by the CRC of the Draft Constitution, a large number of the Gambian population (including other stakeholders) have been actively engaged in various discussions concerning its provisions. The CRC welcomes the…
Lawmakers reject Pres. Barrow’s pick for ombudsman
The lawmakers have on Friday rejected the appointment of Babucarr A. Suwareh, President Adama Barrow’s choice for the position of the office of the ombudsman.
Suwareh was appointed by President Barrow in consultation with the public…
Secularism debate heightens tension
By former information minister Demba A. Jawo
The trend that the raging debate on secularism is taking seems to have plunged this country into quite an unnecessary heightened tension between the secularists and the religious extremists.…
Gambia must not allow extremism to take roots
In his annual Christmas Message delivered to the nation today, President Adama Barrow has warned Gambians about “grave distortions” of religious teachings.
Such distortions can be used as excuses for extremism, leading to evil, social…
GPU mourns demise of doyen journalist Sarjo Barrow
23 December, 2019: Fajara: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is deeply shocked and saddened to hear the news of the death of veteran journalist Sarjo Barrow.
The renowned broadcaster spent almost all his productive career with the Gambia…
Misconceptions and misinformation about secularity part 2
I have never doubted the continued existence and the future of the Gambia until the issue of ‘secularity of the state’ emerged following the release of the draft constitution for public review. I have come to see the rise of extremism on…
‘Non-inclusion of ‘secularism’ in draft constitution is in order’
It has been numerous times explained that the non-inclusion of ‘secularism’ in the draft constitution is in order. Secularism has neither been a remote part of any past Gambian constitution, nor a distinct feature of any current Gambian…
A story is best told by the protagonist
Netally chi lameng nyi borom – Wolof proverb
By Cherno M. Njie
What do we make of a country whose leader digs a hole and buries a live ram to avert an attempted coup? An odd question to be sure, but that is how strange recent history…