Opinion and Essay

Fellow Gambians, Distinguished Viewers and Listeners, As today marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan, we join millions of Muslims around the world to celebrate the glorious feast of Eid-ul-Fitr. While it is a moment of celebration,…

Kerr Fatou and its stringer Mustapha Darboe have reported that the Ministry of Agriculture has sold thousands of bags of fertilizer in both the Gambia and Senegal which would amount to millions of dalasi. These bags of fertilizer are…

Prince Ebrahima Sanyang's assets have been frozen by the commission of inquiry probing former ruler Yahya Jammeh. One year on, I am reiterating my position, that allegations brought forward by the Attorney General and Minister of…

Gambian activist Madi Jobarteh takes on constitutional lawyer Lamin Darboe. The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) was inaugurated on June 4 by Pres. Adam Barrow. Soon after Lawyer Lamin J Darboe contended that the CRC was unlawfully…

The Bill that was transformed to The Constitutional Review Commission Act 2017 (the Act), by The Gambia National Assembly, provided for the establishment of a Constitutional Review Commission to draft and guide the process of promulgating…

Comrade Ousainou Mbenga, I'd read your piece 'From Jammeh to Barrow: Opposite Poles of The Same Deception' and my deduction is that it isn't anywhere near a sober reflection nor is it an accurate representation of the Gambian reality.…

The Gambia is a blessed nation and her people must consider themselves very lucky with an unrivalled national identity and of course with an insignificant level of inter-communal and tribal resentment. Tribalism is omnipresent, and it…

The rule of distinction continues to be violated by the Israel Military. One of the cardinal principles of International Humanitarian Law is the duty of distinction as contained in Article 48 of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva…