Opinion and Essay

By David Kujabi I was born in Bwiam a few days before Christmas in the very late 70s. I grew up experiencing love not just from my immediate family, but from the community around me. I was raised and taught, discipline not just by my…

Madi Jobarteh Human Rights Activist Journalism without fear or favour. Today is World Press Freedom Day with the theme ‘Journalism without fear or favour’. A day dedicated to the promotion of freedom of expression and the media. The…

Dr Ismaila Ceesay Snr Political Science Lecturer UTG By Dr Ismaila Ceesay To help contain the novel coronavirus, it is imperative for The Gambia to conduct mass community testing as cases surge in the small West African country. The…

By Madi Jobarteh A close study of the nature of the movements within the civil and public services clearly indicates that this is not a decision meant to promote and protect national interest. Rather this is yet again another…

3rd Reaction to the Draft Constitution from Dabanani Law Equality or exceptionalism: embedding preferential treatment in the Draft Constitution As we continue to interrogate the proposed Draft Constitution (the Draft) in the…

By Capt. Ebou Jallo, 25 April 2020 I have a spiritual duty to speak the truth in this holy month of Ramadan, and I hereby repeat what I have been saying for the past twenty years: Yankuba Touray did not premeditate nor participate in the…

By Sulayman Bokar Bah Let me share with you some key provisions of the Final Draft Constitution (FDC) that provides for media freedom in The Gambia. First, it is important to start with freedom of expression which is linked with media or…

By Madi Jobateh A leading accountability institution in a democracy is a political party. A political party should be cooperative with the Government but at the same time it must be combative or confrontational where necessary to…

   On Plagiarism and the Draft Constitution In an interview with Fatu Network, the Chair of the Constitutional Review Commission (the Chair) failed to refute the charge that the CRC significantly plagiarised provisions of the 2010…

The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn,…