It is pertinent that all citizens, political parties and CSOs pay close attention to the growing weaponization of laws and institutions in this country thus posing clear and present danger to democracy and human rights. The detention of Momodou Sabally and Sheriffo Sonko of UDP in the wake of the […]
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UDP Condemns Government Spokesman’s Smear Campaign
PRESS RELEASE The United Democratic Party condemns in the strongest possible terms the outrageous allegations that the Government Spokesman made during his interview with ‘Coffee Time with Peter Gomez’ on 14th September 2023. In his interview, he falsely alleged that the suspect in this heinous crime is associated with the […]
Epitaph: To a Friend, Brother, Doxologist, and Preacher Sheikh Landing Kintiba Nasso
Inna lillahi wa inallah-e-raji’oonWhen an older man dies, a library burns to the ground, says Amadou Hampate Ba, Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist (1901-1991). Thus, it was with the frontline of the Gambia’s finest Islamic doxologist and a Muslim preacher whose signature was to sing and recite Islamic hymns and […]
Lands Minister Ousman Sowe, DPP Abdurrahman Yusuf sworn-in
President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the swearing-in of the new Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs, Hon. Ousman Sowe and the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP), Abdurrahman Maitama Yusuf, at the State House in Banjul. Addressing the appointees following the prescribed oaths of office, President Barrow said […]