Opinion and Essay

The passing of the SAB is a clear indication of the general lack of courage and conviction in our National Assembly Members collectively. There is no doubt that the Executive will bring proposals that could be either unconstitutional or…

By Dr Assan  Jallow The center of gravity in our distress public debt seems to have shifted in favor of international advisors. The appointment of International Advisors by the current administration to advice and help negotiate on the…

Over the weekend of December 14, the APRC party held their Congress in an unsavoury classroom in Bwiam where they issued a very tragic resolution confirming former dictator Yaya Jammeh as their party leader and flagbearer as well as…

By Demba A. Jawo, former communications and information minister It is 14 years since the brutal murder of Deyda Hydara by yet unknown assassins, and we are still not much wiser as to who may have been responsible for the heinous crime…

Ordinary men and women need support in their fight to claim and protect their liberties, and their natural protectors are the courts. 1            Introduction I want to share with you my thoughts on judicial reform in The Gambia against…

On Tuesday December 11 Finance Minister Mamburay Njie placed before the National Assembly a request for additional 1.128 billion dalasi to be given to Government based on reasons that are far less than convincing. In the first place in…

  By: Dr. Assan Jallow I am left worried and concerned having heard the proposed submission made by the Hon. Minister of Finance before deputies at the National Assembly for scrutiny and possible adoption on the draft report of total…

Mr Lamin Dibba, the honourable minister of Environment, I am writing to you not as a former classmate or a friend but as a concern Gambian environmental advocate. I would like to take this opportunity to pray for your sound health, may…

The 2019 budget of the Barrow Government indeed leaves one wondering if this government really understands what kind of society it has inherited, what conditions of life majority of Gambians live and what must be done to transform this…

Knowing the role and importance of political parties in a multiparty democracy it is therefore no easy decision that the largest political party in the Gambia has decided to stand by democratic and human rights standards. The news that…