Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow

News, Opinion, Politics

Immortalizing democracy heroes and proclaiming December 1 as Freedom Day, In addition to creating a Hall of Shame for dictatorship enablers and fence-sitters

Alagi Yorro Jallow. MAMUDU: It has become abundantly clear that President Adama Barrow and the Coalition 2016 leadership have lost focus following their significant electoral victory. Democracy Day, Freedom Day, or Liberation Day should be celebrated annually to mark the end of Africa’s worst dictatorship in a century and the […]

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The Gambia merits responsible citizenship and activism, not mere complaints on Facebook

Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: I do not know when the rain will stop falling on us in Gambia. The Gambia deserves responsible complainers, activists, feminists, and journalists. Sensationalism, sentimentality, emotionalism, and the manufacturing of consent are dangerous in a democracy and constitute an abuse of it. There is no truth […]

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Editorial: Constitutional debates are too serious for legal opportunists and impostors; instead, scholars of constitutional law and public policy influencers should lead the discourse in the media and on social media

Constitutional debates are too serious for legal opportunists and impostors; instead, scholars of constitutional law and public policy influencers should lead the discourse in the media and on social media. Additionally, the struggle for constitutional reform in The Gambia highlights the significance of attitude in such critical discussions. Alagi Yorro […]

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Former Speaker Abdoulie Bojang Passes Away

“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un”. 29.11. 2024 – Today, we honor a distinguished figure in Gambian politics, the former and final Speaker of the National Assembly during Yahya Jammeh’s presidency, Honorable Abdoulie Bojang. His tenure was marked by robust political involvement and considerable transformations within The Gambia. In his […]