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Muddy Waters of Female Circumcision in Islam 

By Momodou Buharry Gassama, Stockholm, Sweden The current...

Fighting for Democracy and Diversity are Worthwhile

 By Tumbul Trawally, Seattle, U.S.A  Narcissists do not...

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The Indispensability of Strong Government Institutions in Democratic Governance

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,...

Muddy Waters of Female Circumcision in Islam 

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...

Fighting for Democracy and Diversity are Worthwhile

 By Tumbul Trawally, Seattle, U.S.A  Narcissists do not have the ability to self-reflect; cannot see anything wrong with what they do but only see fault...

The Vanguards of the Paradigm Shift against their Intellectual Progenies—Part 7

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...

The PDOIS Heresy—Part 3

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...

An Open Letter to the National Assembly

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,...

The US Dollar will Remain as the World’s Reserve Currency 

By Tumbul Trawally Lately, there has been a lot of pondering about the current status of the US Dollar as the World’s Reserve Currency,...

Public Safety: A Case for the National Assembly to Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media Platforms

By Sarjo Barrow, Esq. To create a safe environment, the government must act to protect society at large and notdelegate such responsibilities to profit-making...

Could Schools Bar Students from Wearing Hijab on Campus?

By Bubacarr Drammeh, Esq.  In my previous article, I explained why wearing of Hijab in public places is a religious injunction for Muslim women qualifying...

Wearing Hijab in Public Places is a Constitutionally Protected Fundamental Rights and Freedom 

By Bubacarr Drammeh, Esq.  “The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights,” Thomas Jefferson. The “Hijaab lawsuit” has befittingly...

The Gambia’s Ban on Religious Garbs in Schools

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,...

The Validity of The Gambia’s Death Penalty Regime: A Question the Supreme Court Answered Incorrectly (Rejoinder)

By Bubacarr Drammeh, Esq., LLB, BL, LL.M. The release of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ‘Advisory Note on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in...

The Powers of the National Assembly Under Section 77 of the Constitution

By Sarjo Barrow, Esq. I have reviewed Section 77 of the 1997 Constitution thoroughly. While my research is limited to Section 77(1)-(3), it is...

Potential Class-Action Suit in the Cough Syrup Poisoning in The Gambia

By Mass Ndow-Njie A. Introduction On October 5th, 2022, the World Health Organization (‘WHO’) issued a medical product alert which referred to four cough syrups found...

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