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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...

Lawyers are Society’s Problem Solvers, but not in The Gambia 

By Bubacarr Drammeh Let’s evaluate the legal fraternity of The Gambia on this concept. Throughout our history as a sovereign republic, when did The Gambia Bar Association,...

Verses of Heresy: A Book Review 

By Foday Samateh  Momodou Sallah’s second anthology of poems is in many ways a masterful sequel to his acclaimed Innocent Questions. But The Dictator and the...

A Case for Second Legislative Chamber

By Foday Samateh Allow a moment of confession. A second legislative chamber is a crazy idea. That was what I said to myself when the...

In The New Gambia: Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration—A Constant Return to Scale

By Bubacarr Drammeh The new Government — like its predecessor — continues to deny permits, arrest and kill protesters The continued denial of permits, the arrests,...

Democracy Watch Gambia Got It Wrong

By Bubacarr Drammeh The national conversation prior to the 2016 presidential election was centered on the demand for freedom, the desire for democracy, the aspiration...

The Broken Gavel – Halifa Sallah v Madam Denton (A Rejoinder)

By Musa Camara It’s refreshing to have read an opinion piece with the above caption by Mr. Sheriff Kora deriding Mr. Halifa Sallah for his...

Know Your Local Government to Solve Your Local Needs

By Bubacarr Drammeh The local government elections are edging closer. Neither the political parties nor the people in their respective localities seem to appreciate the...

No Longer Forbidden

By Foday Samateh I once reviewed a book on media persecution in The Gambia and titled the piece “Freedom of Expression is Forbidden Here.” With...

Shackled by Our Mindset

By Bubacarr Drammeh We demand freedom! We cherish democracy! We aspire for progress! We need to live healthy lives! We want economic growth and development!...

A Letter from America

By Ralph Turman My name is Ralph Turman and I live in the Northwest corner of the United States. My good friend The Publisher, originally...

Truth and Reconciliation in The Gambia: A Dissenting View

By Foday Samateh I concede that my dissension constitutes a heresy. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that’s about to be empaneled to preside over...

The Chief Justice Speaks for Me

By Foday Samateh The most important news in The Gambia since the election happened last week. It’s not the Attorney General’s bombshell news briefing on...

An Essay on Decadence of Morality in The Gambia

By Musa Camara Introduction Irreformable and notorious individuals who commit blatant infractions or heinous crimes are generally isolated, publicly shamed, unequivocally condemned, socially sanctioned and even...

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