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