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A NATION IN WAITING

The clock is ticking by the seconds, minutes and hours. Months are being reduced to weeks of expectations of peaceful transfer of executive power....

THE FINE LINE OF PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER

For the first time in Gambian history the country has an outgoing and an incoming government. Where the powers of the outgoing government end...

THE GAMBIA CAPTURES WORLD ATTENTION

The presidential election on the Gambia has been capturing world attention. At first many observers of the political situation in the Gambia wrote that...

PRESIDENT JAMMEH ON THE ECOWAS COMMUNIQUE

A proper reading of the ECOWAS Communique reveals two complimentary intentions that should be noted by President Jammeh, in particular, and the Gambian population,...

Members of the National Assembly Pass Tertiary, Higher Education Bill, 2016

By MUHAMMED S. BAH Members of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, 20 December, 2016 passed the Tertiary and Higher Education Bill of 2016. Tabling the bill...

Does APRC support a smooth transition or a chaotic one?

Ghana is going through a smooth transition of power. The incumbent lost the election and is willing to hand over in a month following...

THE GAMBIA IN WAITING

After the declaration made by President Jammeh that he has nullified the election and that Gambians will go back for election, many soldiers were...

ECOWAS and the Gambian situation

ECOWAS comprises 15 states namely Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin,...

WHEN WILL PRESIDENT-ELECT ADAMA BARROW ASSUME OFFICE?

According to the national media, President Jammeh is supposed to have assumed office on the 19 of January 2012. He is supposed to serve...

CONFUSION CAUSED BY FALSE ANNOUNCEMENT OF Barrow’s CABINET

Telephones have been ringing to express congratulatory messages to people who are thought to be appointed as Vice President and Ministers in Barrow’s Cabinet....

WILL GAMBIA HAVE A PEACXEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER THROUGH THE BALLOT...

The Coalition has decided to call on its supporters to focus their minds on the date of inauguration which is established by the Constitution...

IS PRESIDENT JAMMEH’S INVALIDATION OF THE ELECTION RESULTS LAWFUL AND WILL...

President Jammeh contested the Presidential Elections as a private citizen representing a political party. He is equal to the other contenders and has no right...

PRESIDENT JAMMEH TO ADDRESS THE NATION TODAY

It was announced yesterday that President Jammeh is to address the nation today. At the same time the press conference of the president which...

LIBERTY GRADUALLY FILLING THE FESTIVE AIR

The defeat of President Jammeh at the polls and his acceptance of the result have thrust a sense of liberty upon Gambians. All of...

DON’T HATE! DON’T DESTROY! DON’T REVENGE! DON’T ASSAULT

The victory at the December 2016 poll is not a victory for hate, destruction, revenge and assault. It is a victory for liberty and...

STABILITY AND UNITY ARE CRUCIAL AT THIS MOMENT

The coalition Agenda was born out of the need for the opposition to come together to vote President Jammeh out of power and this...

THE BEGINNING OF A NEW BEGINNING

2016 is a memorable year which will go down in the annals of history as an year full of surprises. What many had thought...

THE WIND OF CHANGE IS BLOWING OVER GAMBIA

There is no doubt that anyone who cares to see or know that something unprecedented is happening in The Gambia. The wind of change...

SIGNS OF A PEACEFUL ELECTION

All signs are pointing out to a peaceful election, even in the absence of a Memorandum of Understanding. The three presidential candidates have been...

THE DYNAMICS OF DARBOE & CO. APPEAL

The appeal of Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and 18 Others has its own dynamics. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s counsel, Mr Antouman Gaye who had earlier told...