Opinion and Essay

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,…

Article by H.E. Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu After every cataclysmic event one tends to think that the world will never be the same. This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such…

By : Victor Koyi, Africa Regional Director, ChildFund International The world is reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Isolation, lockdowns and suppressed economic activity are already hurting families all around the world.…

By Capt. Ebou Jallo, April 4, 2020 A Black Swan event that is going to be epochal for the Gambian nation shall demand resilience from all citizens, serious reforms within the government and a re-imagination of what we hope for as…