Month: August 2017

Society

Open Letter to Pastor Forbes

Pastor, I have been a keen follower of your weekly TV talk show, Discovering Truth, and let me use this opportunity to recognize and appreciate the invaluable knowledge and wise counsel you impart to the viewers, through this program, on various issues bordering not only on religion, but also pertinent […]

Society

Gambia Mulls Over 3-Children Policy

The Gambia government will consider the three-year child policy proposed by some parliamentarians of the regional economic grouping ECOWAS. Backed by some parliamentarians from Mauritania and Chad, the one woman three-children policy is meant to control rapid population growth as well as spark economic prosperity in the West Africa region. […]

Politics

Yahya Jammeh’s Madness Exposed

I think the entire Gambia is now discovering, with great discomfort, the perverse nature of the Head of government that ruled over us for the last 22 uninterrupted years. No sane person will make any sense of what Jammeh had been doing with our country’s resources. Even his ardent supporters, […]

News

No License, No Oil Exploration

By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Information Minister has debunked claims that Africa Petroleum still has the exploration rights on blocks A1 and A4. Minister Demba Jawo debunked assertions made by Africa Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Jens Pace that his company’s 7-year license has not expired. “What happened with Africa Petroleum […]

News

Yahya Jammeh’s Brother Under Fire

The brother of former President Yahya Jammeh yesterday appeared before the commission of inquiry. Ansumana Jammeh served as the Gambia’s Ambassador to Qatar, held various senior positions and own shares in companies belonging to his Equatorial Guinea exiled brother. The commission – headed by Lawyer Surahata Janneh – is looking at […]

Editorial

What Mama Kandeh Must Know

When the leader of opposition Gambia Democractic Congress (GDC) was pedaling allegations that ministers of the Coalition government embezzled donor funds he didn’t realise how he had weakened his political career. Mama Kandeh would have been a political darling had he substantiated what turned out to be “wild allegations.” His […]

News

Poor Ghanaian’s Miraculous Hajj

Al-Hassan Abdullah, a poor Ghanaian villager whose story went viral on Turkish social media when he asked a TV crew if “a drone can take him to Mecca” has traveled to the Muslim holy land courtesy of the Foreign Ministry and charities. Abdullah had naively asked a Turkish film crew […]

Politics

Extradite Ousman Sonko Or Else …

If the Gambia government is not seeking extradition of Ousman Sonko (former Interior Minister under Yahya Jammeh) as it seems to have been confirmed by Abubacarr Ba Tambadou, then he (Tambadou) must resign. The pronouncement that the Gambia is not seeking Sonko’s extradition is preposterous by all accounts. These are […]

News

Gambia Comes Clean On Oil License

Abdoulie John The Gambia’s presidency has come clean on the issuance of licenses for oil exploration blocks, contradicting earlier reports that contracts have been awarded to some oil companies to conduct offshore test drilling. “The new administration has not issued any license for petroleum exploration or production,” State House spokesperson Amie […]

Religion

Barrow Urges Religious Co-existence

Gambian President Adama wants the peaceful co-existence between Muslims  and Christians in the country. Barrow made the statement at State House where he welcomed the Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Dakar on Wednesday. Read below the press release that contains President Barrow’s statement. President Barrow has stressed the importance of peaceful […]