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Op-ed: When greed shoots through the roof!
As the nation reels from its nightmarish natural disaster, certain members of Gambia’s business community are taking advantage of the...

Basidia M Drammeh
Jul 10, 20212 min read


Op-ed: A toxic political atmosphere ahead of December polls!
With the presidential elections fast approaching, the political temperature is gingerly rising in The Gambia. Consequently, concrete...

Basidia M Drammeh
Jul 4, 20212 min read


OPINION: The Gambia At A Crossroads
Indeed, the December 2021 election in the Gambia will be both memorable and defining not only in our political consciousness and reality,...

Dr. Alhagi Manta Drammeh
Jun 28, 20213 min read


Op-ed: A Nation Ripe for Change — Is a ‘TRRC party’ the silver bullet?
Since the disintegration of what was the Coalition, our political discourse largely revolved around the binary black and white worlds of...

By Pa Louis Sambou
Jun 23, 20215 min read


Op-ed: Let’s stop character assassination and focus on issues!
In entrenched democracies, the electorate make their minds and make informed choices based on the issues each party champions and...

Basidia M Drammeh
Jun 22, 20212 min read


Feature: The Migrants’ Minstrel
Sometimes beauty hides in dark corners. For Francesco Taskayali that beauty was to be found on detention ships anchored in the...
Marta Montojo
Jun 18, 20214 min read


Op-Ed: How can Gambia's Arabic scholars change the stereotype about them?
Gambia’s Arabic and Islamic scholars have long voiced their resentment, disgruntlement, denunciation, and grumbling over the...

Basidia M. Drammeh
Jun 17, 20212 min read


Op-Ed: Gunjur Ward Councillor Gibba writes to Presidential Advisers
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISERS Marina Parade, The Quadrangle, Banjul 25th May,2021 Dear Sir, MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT " The...

Gunjuronline.com
May 27, 20212 min read


Op-Ed: President Barrow gets tough, but...!
A soft-spoken leader, President Adama Barrow uncharacteristically toughened his tone as he addressed the nation to outline measures to...

Basidia M Drammeh
May 25, 20212 min read


Op-Ed: Security must be President Barrow’s utmost priority
When former President Yahya Jammeh surprisingly conceded to Barrow before he has made his infamous U-turn, Jammeh implored his...

Basidia M Drammeh
May 18, 20212 min read


Op-Ed: Search-and-rescue operations forced to manage Mediterranean migrant crisis…
Search-and-rescue operations forced to manage Mediterranean migrant crisis as governments shirk responsibilities

By: Holly Pate and Charlotte Norsworthy, The Outlaw Ocean Project
May 13, 20214 min read


Commentary: My long-held dream finally came true!
The Gambia's Point newspaper has reported that the University of The Gambia, on Thursday 6 May 2021, gathered stakeholders to validate...

Basidia M Drammeh
May 11, 20212 min read


Opinion: Worsening state of seafarers
In the Suez Canal, a sideways-turned ship led to a $10 billion traffic-jam. In the Port of LA, a Covid-induced bottleneck of dozens of...

Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter and the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project
May 6, 20215 min read


The Tale of Former AG & Justice Minister Mama F. Singhateh: Lies, Arrogance, and Malicious Intellect
OPINION: The Tale of Former Attorney General and Justice Minister Mama Fatima Singhateh: Lies, Arrogance, and Malicious Intellect. " O...
Dr. Binneh Minteh Former Lieutenant, GAF
May 2, 20213 min read


The Gambia: It is time to wake up to the threats of Drugs Cartels
It is more than three months since 118 bags of cocaine was discovered by operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia...

Ebrima Scattred Janneh
Apr 19, 20214 min read


Featured: When the African child is punished for speaking their native language!
According to prominent educationist Carolyn Savage, “When children develop their mother tongue, they are simultaneously fostering a whole...

Basidia M Drammeh
Apr 16, 20212 min read


Opinion: An old wine in a new bottle: a glimpse of the Jammeh and Barrow administrations
The APRC government of the former president Yahya Jammeh and the current administration of president Adama Barrow could hardly be...

Buba Ceesay, Gunjur
Apr 13, 20217 min read


OPINION: The new police chief should step up to the plate!
Almost one month after the Gambia’s Inspector General of Police’s unceremonious demise, Alhagi Mamour Jobe, Abdoulie Sanyang has been...

Basidia M Drammeh
Apr 9, 20212 min read


COMMENTARY: KEXX SANNEH “ABDUCTION”:
Dida Halake to Lawyer Melville Roberts My good lawyer, tell the police that they have more urgent matters! Kexx Sanneh “Kidnapping” –...
Dida Halake
Mar 29, 20215 min read


Commentary: The worsening security situation
The kidnapping of famous political activist, Kexx Sanneh comes hot on the heels of a plethora of grave security incidents that have...

Ba Sidia M Drammeh
Mar 28, 20212 min read
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