Mr President, I offer my compliments to you and wish to express my deep concern regarding the alarming increase in murder cases throughout our beloved country, The Gambia. Despite being one of the safest and most peaceful countries in the sub-region, it seems that we are losing our good reputation. […]
Opinion
Did Three Leaders Since Independence Keep the Singapore Dream Alive?
Mamudu: The Gambia has been independent for fifty-nine years. We no longer have the excuses that we are new to the game, just starting, or that we should be allowed our growing pains. All of that is barking nonsense. Singapore gained independence (August 9, 1965) the same year the Gambia […]
Independence Day? Whose Independence?
As Gambians gather to celebrate yet another false Independence Day today for the 59th time, almost 100 children were killed and many more still sick with acute kidney injury (AKI) simply because of the failure of duty by elected and appointed public officials and business operators. The last demographic and health […]
From Abdoulaye to Macky. The Full Circle.
I recall on Friday 27 January 2012 I was standing with thousands of Senegalese citizens as well as fellow civil society activists from across West Africa at the l’Obelisque in the heart of Dakar awaiting the announcement of the Constitutional Council on the candidature of Pres. Abdoulaye Bah. At the […]