By Musa Sanneh
From July 29th to 31st, 2023, PDOIS held its "midterm congress" in Penchami Hall at the Paradise Suites Hotel in The Gambia. Delegates from across the country converged to discuss a slew of policies and activities presented by the party's Secretary General. Like...
By Tumbul Trawally Seattle, USA
To those who second-guess or question the importance of having strong government institutions in term-limited democracies—the political impasse in Senegal, and its resolution in a peaceful manner—are your answer....
By Momodou Buharry Gassama, Stockholm, Sweden
The current debate surrounding female circumcision, also known as FGM, in The Gambia, its propagators’ justification in Islam and the counterarguments preferred by its opponents have left many...
By Tumbul Trawally Seattle, USA
To those who second-guess or question the importance of having strong government institutions in term-limited democracies—the political impasse in Senegal, and its resolution in a peaceful manner—are your answer. When President...
The Editorial
In the late morning on Sunday, January 9th, 2022, residents of Twin Parks North West tower in the Bronx, many of whom are Gambian families, were caught in a deadly fire as they joggled...
The Editorial
On Friday, September 3rd, 2021, the Interim Leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), Fabakary Tombong Jatta, announced to Gambians that his party had, on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
By Musa Camara
The People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) is preparing to hold what it calls a non-elective congress. The so-called congress is not a democratic exercise but merely an ingenious art of subterfuge to purge the two most outspoken critics of the leadership of the party. It has been an impossible task to remove those critics from the party without the leadership deploying Orwellian doublethink to manipulate the constitution of the party to arrogate more power to themselves for as long as they are alive. Purging those critics out of the party on inventive technicalities will guarantee the senescent leadership the continuation of the expropriated hegemony it...
A Book Review
By Foday Samateh
“English Language is the study of the rules of grammar; how language itself functions is the business of literature.”...
By Tumbul Trawally Seattle, USA
To those who second-guess or question the importance of having strong government institutions in term-limited democracies—the political impasse in Senegal, and its resolution in a peaceful manner—are your answer....
By Musa Camara
The People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) is preparing to hold what it calls a non-elective congress. The so-called congress is not a democratic exercise but merely an ingenious art...
By Sarjo Barrow, Esq.
Its Impact on the Peaceful Coexistence of Muslims and Christians.
Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend,...
By Momodou Buharry Gassama, Stockholm, Sweden
The current debate surrounding female circumcision, also known as FGM, in The Gambia, its propagators’ justification in Islam and...
By Baboucarr Camara
On May 16, 2019, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) of The Gambia announced the introduction of a new levy on the telecommunications...
Suggestions & Recommendations on the Pending Anti-Corruption Bill
The most important institution that should nurture and protect our nascent democracy is National Assembly (“NA”). Yet,...
