By Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: In the theater of statecraft, Senegal is playing a curious role. The President speaks with caution, while the Prime Minister urges improvisation, leaving the audience—comprising both regional neighbors and the international community—confused by the discord. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko refers to the Guinean coup as […]
Military Adventurism and the Grave-Diggers of Democracy in West Africa. A Region in Peril By Alagi Yorro Jallow, Part 1 Fatoumatta: West Africa stands at a critical juncture, facing an alarming crisis. The recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau, triggered by disputed elections in which both incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló […]
By Kebeli Demba Nyima, Atlanta, USA The editorial in Gambiana rightly captures the drama surrounding Ahmed Talib Bensouda’s abrupt retreat from the UDP flagbearer contest, but the deeper story lies in what comes next. And here, one must resist the temptation of easy romanticism about “going independent.” History, both British […]
PRESS RELEASEDATED: 15TH JUNE 2025 SUBJECT: H.E PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW SET TO INAUGURATE THE USET BRIKAMA CAMPUS AND PRESIDE OVER THE FIRST USET CONVOCATION CEREMONY The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology wishes to inform the public that His Excellency President Adama Barrow, the President of the Republic […]