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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, and its resolution in a...

Muddy Waters of Female Circumcision in Islam 

By Momodou Buharry Gassama, Stockholm, Sweden The current debate surrounding female circumcision, also known as...

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...

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...

The PDOIS Heresy—Part 3

By Musa Camara  The People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) is preparing to hold...

The Vanguards of the Paradigm Shift against their Intellectual Progenies—Part 2

By Musa Sanneh A people tired of death, suffering and other forms of indignities perpetrated against them by European powers greeted the end of colonialism...

The Vanguards of the Paradigm Shift against their Intellectual Progenies—Part 1

By Musa Sanneh  The more things evolved, as social scientists have noted, the more they sometimes look alike. That has been true not only for...

Section 34(6) Cannot be a Basis for Declaring a State of Emergency (Rejoinder)

By Babucarr Drammeh In his article published by The Gambia Times on June 12th, 2020, with the above title, Madi Jobarteh asserted thus: Section 34(6) is...

The Gambia and COVID-19 Pandemic

By Musa Camara The novel Coronavirus is ravaging the world, leaving in its wake, as of the writing of this piece, nearly two million infected...

Report of the Constitutional Review Commission on the Draft Constitution for the Third Republic of The Gambia

The following is the Report of the Constitutional Review Commission on the Draft Constitution for the Third Republic of The Gambia submitted to...

Lawyers Must Help to Contain the Spread of COVID-19 in The Gambia

By Bubacarr Drammeh According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States of America, the novel Coronavirus spreads in the following way:  Person-to-person...

The Illegal Closure and Opening of the Radio Stations

By Madi Jobarteh  The only reason The Gambia Government decided to withdraw from its violation of the law by allowing the re-opening of Home Digital...

Regarding the Draft Constitution, Part V

By Foday Samateh  On the System of  Local Government, the draft Constitution in Section 202 (1) states: “A local government shall be based on a council which...

Regarding the Draft Constitution, Part IV

By Foday Samateh  Before proceeding to discuss Local Governments in the draft Constitution, there is an outstanding matter from a previous commentary that begs for...

Regarding the Draft Constitution, Part III

By Foday Samateh Having now summoned the courage to take Lady Macbeth’s seditious incitement to heart, I will repeat after Dick the Butcher in Henry...

Regarding the Draft Constitution, Part II

By Foday Samateh The National Assembly is a true winner in the draft Constitution. Here is why. In the 1997 Constitution (the current Constitution), the President...

Regarding the Draft Constitution, Part I

By Foday Samateh  Almost all Constitutions share one thing in common. They claim to give the people all the rights and freedoms. What distinguish one Constitution...

Remove the Entire Section 107 Altogether from the Draft Criminal Offences Bill

By Madi Jobarteh It is not enough for the Ministry of Justice to remove the second part of the section 107 regarding parental insult and...

Differential Treatment Under the Law is Unequal Protection of Rights

By Bubacarr Drammeh The Gambia Times has reported that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of The Gambia is planning, on December 3rd 2019, to...

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