Month: November 2017

Politics

Barrow’s Fierce Urgency of Now

By Saul Saidykhan The stories about the horror Black Africans go through in North Africa in transit to Europe via the Mediterranean has been known for years now. Yet, African leaders generally haven’t done much to stand up for their citizens. As usual, it has to take the intervention of […]

News

President Mugabe Resigns

By Jason Burke and Emma Graham-Harrison in Harare Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, the speaker of the country’s parliament has said. The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him, following a military takeover last week. A letter […]

Politics

Mai Fatty’s Removal Rings A Bell

By Kemo Kinteh I am a believer that we have made progress. A 22 year maladministration cannot be undone in a year or two. The government is making visible efforts to tackle the economy, the tourism industry is getting competitive, more Gambians are vacationing home and bringing in foreign exchange […]

Society

Barrow Proves His Critics Wrong

By Alhagi Touray Who said President Adama Barrow is a lame duck or an accidental president whose policies are being decided by people around him? Recent events in Banjul showed the contrary. President Barrow is fully in charge of the presidency. No one is dictating him. Whatever the reasons are […]

Society

Give The Guy A Break!

Give the guy a break for Allah’s sake! What is all this smear [campaign all about?] Just to shame and humiliate him! All this without one iota of evidence from Gambia Government. Yet you the same people eating and sleeping on Mai Fatty have ample evidence at the Janneh Commission […]

Politics

Re: It’s Our Time To Eat

By Horeja Jobarteh True talk, true talk and words of wisdom but only the wise shall ponder and agree to the truth. Hypocrites shall never agree to facts even though the signs are bold and clear, the blind supporters follow the same steps as the Disbelievers old saying, “we found […]