Opinion and Essay

By Simon Sabally The leaked memo from the GAF conveying the request of the Former CDS, Massaneh Kinteh, about the retention of nine soldiers and two vehicles was morally wrong but certainly not illegal on the following…

RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE & JUDICIARY: RIGHTS OF PRE-TRIAL, REMAND AND CONVICTED PRISONERS DURING COVID-19 Pandemic: Further to the NHRC’s Press Release dated the 20th March 2020 in which we…

Understandably, some are concerned about the potential impact of a state of emergency on many poor families who may go hungry due to restricted measures. In response, I recommend government's direct intervention. National…

The Coronavirus’ negative impact on the world economy is self-evident, in that it has a cascading effect that will affect every country in the world and every sector of the world’s economy. Once unthinkable in 2020, it is…

Opinion :By Kebba Nanko The Partisanship and the Hypocrisy of the Civil Society Organizations Is the Biggest Threat To Our Democracy Not the Government. Growing up in culture and environments where our parents taught us not to disrespect…

By Lamin J Darbo The Honourable Ya Kumba Jaiteh And The Imperative Of Executive Adherence To Legality With mounting interest I follow the debate on whether there is authorisation under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia…

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…

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.…

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…

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…