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Internal Condition Is The Basis Of Change

Many people ask the question why the USA with all its military might cannot crush the Taliban. It is important to note that a chicken...

A Registration Process Racing Against Time

Preparing a register of voters is not a one day affair. It is not limited to the listing of voters at registration centres. For...

A Dent In The Democratic Process

On The Tearing Of The List Of Voters In Banjul Democracy is meaningless if the people are not empowered. This is why section 1 of...

Are We On The Same Page Regarding Elections?

The revising courts are the final phase of the registration exercise. The Courts wanted transports but the National Assembly rejected their request. FOROYAA will monitor...

The Media Made History During The Impasse And Could Do...

Gambians are increasingly showing their appetite for relevant information.  It is true that PDOIS tries to differentiate Fooyaa from the party but this is not...

Covid-19 Is Getting More Vicious While Our Ceremonies Increase

People are attending two or three funerals a day because of the increase in reported deaths . However , being tied to our traditional values...

A Crisis Between KMC And Ministry Of Regional Government That Should...

The Country has a Central Government under executive authority and regional government under Councils. It has also other structures of administration like the National Assembly and...

YOUNG GAMBIANS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA

The young Gambians should bear in mind that whatever they  put in the social media is there forever . It will haunt their children and children’s children...

The Tug Of War Between Council And Ministry

THE WAY FORWARD Administration is based on law. Any alleged wrongdoing must be handled on the basis of law. Both Ministry and Council should be...

Who Has The Right To Stand As Candidate In Elections?

The right of each Gambian to elect or be elected is spelt out in section 26 of the Constitution. It reads: “Every citizen of The...

Crises Management And Resolution Among Religious Leaders

The media are focusing on exchanges by religious leaders that reveals animosity that could end up in permanent hostility if uncontained. The religious leaders are...

Trrc And The Victims

The victims are still waiting for redress while people spend endless hours debating whether the former president is to return to The Gambia or not. All...

Politics, The Republic And Traditional Leaders

Elections are means to entrust authority based on popular consent. The mind of the voter is not supposed to be influenced in any other...

Beware Of Information You Pick From Social Media On Covid-19

A lot of information (or rather misinformation or disinformation) without scientific basis continues to spread in social media. Some claim that vaccines against covid-19 can...

Dying A Thousand Times Before One’s Death

The TRRC should be seen as an opportunity and not a tragedy for one who perpetrates wrong and accepts it. When one hides a wrong one...

The Bargaining For The Future Of The Gambia Has Begun

The social media is bombarded with persons and parties expressing their views and expectations on the lead to and outcome of the 2021 Presidential Elections. Some...

The Need For National Healing

The political atmosphere is charged with debates on alliance building for the presidency, but little is talked about how to redress the suffering of...

TRRC Has Concluded Focus On The Victims

Three years of testimony has caused the tears of the victims to dry up and their hearts are now losing hope of redress. The injustices...

The Death Penalty And The Constitution

The Gambian is in transition. Many things have happened. There have been victims and perpetrators. How is justice to be done to the satisfaction...

Nadd Should Teach All Political Aspirants To Put Tribe Aside And...

In 2006, the UDP allied with the NRP to contest the elections. Many of their supporters calculated that those who were identified to belong...