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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 Ignoble Strategy and Tactics of Edward Singhateh

By Madi Jobarteh The strategy and tactics of Edward Singhateh’s testimony is rooted in the philosophy of military training that he himself beautifully explained to...

The State v Touray, Part 1: Qualified or Blanket Immunity

By Bubacarr Drammeh Numerous Gambians both within The Gambia and outside of its territorial jurisdiction were outraged by Yankuba Touray’s refusal to testify before the...

The Yankuba Touray Saga

By Foday Samateh  Ever known for his histrionics and theatrics as a loquacious minister in Yahya Jammeh’s military-turned-civilian dictatorship, Yankuba Touray was in full character...

Ousainou Darboe is Constitutionally Barred from Contesting Future Presidential Elections as Candidate under the Current Constitution

By Bubacarr Drammeh The dismissal of Hon. Ousainou Darboe, the Secretary General of the United Democratic Party (UDP), was destined to happen. There has been...

The President Has the Power to Revoke the Appointment of Nominated Members of The National Assembly

By Bubacarr Drammeh As reported by some news organizations at the end of last week, one of the five nominated Members in the National Assembly,...

The Amendment and Repeal of The Third Republican Constitution

By Musa Camara Let me take off where the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) left off on its Issues Document. It regards what the commission referred...

A Response to CRC Chair’s Read on the Country

By Foday Samateh Speaking at a news conference on the Constitutional Review Commission’s countrywide listening tour, the Commission Chairman Cherno Jallow was reported to have...

Reflections on the Barrow Presidency, Part II

By Foday Samateh The release of Lawyer Darboe and his UDP top executive from prison just days after the Coalition2016 clinched victory was a landmark event....

Reflections on the Barrow Presidency, Part I

By Foday Samateh This should be the high noon of reform. An unwavering, single-minded moment of transition to the third republic. But rather than rethinking government...

Regarding Presidential Appointments in the New Constitution

By Foday Samateh Nothing exemplifies the imperial presidency and at the same time undermines the spirit of separation of powers in the 1997 Constitution (the current...

Eulogy for Howard University Professor Sulayman Sheikh Nyang: Memories of a Gambian Polymath

By Dr. Tijan M. Sallah The news of the passing away of Professor Sulayman Sheih Nyang at the United Medical Center in Washington, DC, on...

The Link Between Housing and a Strong Economy

By Tumbul Trawally, Seattle, USA No economic activity gives a jolt to the economy — in the short run — than building houses. If you think about...

Response to CRC’s Possible Areas for Constitutional Reform

By Foday Samateh Issues identified by the Constitutional Review Commission and my responses. Citizenship It is expected that existing rights and entitlements to Gambian citizenship...

Selling The Gambia to Europe and Asia

  By Da One Open Letter to All Gambians at Home and Abroad. How Adama, Ousainou and the rest are opening the floodgates to hell; slavery and...

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