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#NeverAgain and the Ministry of Justice Press Release
On 15 October 2018, Pres. Adama Barrow launched the TRRC. In his launching statement, he said, “the TRRC was born out of the aspirations of a people who decided that they want a society where truth and justice prevail.” He went…
There cannot Be Reconciliation Without Justice And Accountability
Many say there are no friends or enemies in politics but only permanent interests. This is often used to justify the brand of political entrepreneurship and prostitution that is the order of the day in our neck of the woods. This…
Pres. Adama Barrow’s Shameful Visit! Insulting.
The family of Yaya Jammeh is not a national priority just like my family and the families of all Gambians. The only family of national priority in The Gambia is the immediate family of the President and the Vice President of the…
Zakaria Kemo Konteh: UDP Sets A Moral Precedence
By Zakaria Kemo Koriteh
Few days ago, we were united in outrage, shock and disappointment when UDP gave a mega phone and national platform to a disgraced Lawyer and an alleged human rights violator under former Yahya Jammeh's…
Clarification On Maternal Mortality And Pregnancy-Related Mortality
In the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), we defined maternal mortality as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death” (WHO, 2011). This…
The Gambian Political Culture: An Obstacle To Change The Political Leadership Of The Country
By Matida Jallow in Belarus
An American Political Scientist, Lucian Pye, defined political culture as the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments, which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the…
Gambians Want Justice And Accountability.
The popular condemnation of UDP’s welcoming of key Dictator Enabler Lamin Jobarteh indicate the widespread desire of Gambians for justice and accountability. Fullstop.
Hence Adama Barrow and NPP & Ousainou Darboe and UDP must stop…
Egregious Political And Moral Blunder…
By Zakaria Kemo Konteh
I was itching to add my voice to chorus of shock disgust, disappointment and condemnation over UDP Leadership's decision to not only welcome the disgraced and criminally complicit Lawyer, Lamin AMS…
The Flawed Idea Of Politics And Democracy
If your idea of democracy is that “politics is all about numbers”, or that “all that matters in politics is power”, or your idea of democracy is that anything goes and everything is acceptable so long as it favors you, then…
Hon Sanna Jawara: Lawyer Darboe Does Not Favor Relationship Over Justice
Following the huge backlash over the party giving platform to former justice minister Babadinding Jobarteh who has been adversely mentioned at the TRRC for human rights violations, UDP Fulladu NAM reacts.
Below is the post by Hon Sanna…