Opinion and Essay

By Madi Jobarteh The Gambian dalasi, like any other national currency, is not only an economic and financial tool but it also represents a social, cultural and political identity of the Gambia. For that matter in producing a new national…

By Madi Jobarteh The prime-time interview by Paradise TV’s Haruna Drammeh with the President tonight has raised fundamental issues that need urgent analysis lest we allow falsehood to prevail over the truth. On a number of issues, the…

At the outset I demand that the Minister of Interior, the Inspector General of Police and the responsible officers at Kanilai checkpoint to resign or be sacked for the shooting of Ismaila Tamba. The act of shooting an unarmed citizen…

Here are 20 Key Highlights of the Promises contained in the Coalition Manifesto 2016. It is this Manifesto that Candidate Adama Barrow backed by Seven Coalition Political Parties and the Independent Candidate Dr. Isatou Touray sold to…

Madi Jobarteh is a Gambian rights activist To err and then to stand up to declare one’s error is indeed a mark of courage and leadership in itself. For that matter Sanna’s testimony is positive. By his testimony he has also enhanced the…

The initial testimony of Sanna Sabally exposes a malaise in our society that could be found widespread and deep – in both the educated and the uneducated populations. This malaise goes to explain in fact the bad governance and…

In the wake of misconceptions and distortions being generated in some quarters against the TRRC and especially about its Lead Counsel Essa M Faal in the way it is exposing the truth it is necessary to call on Gambians to stand with the…

By Madi Jobarteh The announcement by State House on April 8 that the Gambia Armed Forces intends to embark on a large-scale agricultural production in partnership with an American company must be stopped immediately in the interest of…

By Dr. Foday J. Darboe   The fault lines that run across the Gambia are deeply rooted in the incompetence of leadership, and this deficiency has percolated deep into the strata of the Gambia’s various governmental structures. An …

The argument that there is no shortcut to justice is valid but it has been challenged by those critics of ‘plea bargaining’ who see the practice as a form of shortcut to justice. However, the saying that ‘Justice is very expensive’ has…