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...
Insults From Party Enthusiasts Should Be Condemned Without Reservation
No one can decide which country one would hail from; which ethnolinguistic group one could originate from. These come through accidents of birth.
On the other...
Fishing Agreement Or No Fishing Agreement Between Gambia And Senegal?
Which Is Which?
The Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources did explain to the National Assembly that the Fisheries Agreement between The Gambia and...
How To Restore Peace In Manduar
The two sides of Manduar had never been divided. They walked shoulder to shoulder to bring about change in 2016. They have no reason...
Traditional Rulers And Politics
Since independence village heads and district chiefs have never been allowed to stand above partisan politics so that they can decide the affairs of...
Foroyaa’s Advice To Gambian Musicians
48 percent of the population are considered to be below the poverty line. The total debt is 75 billion dalasi making debt per capita...
The Last Two Weeks To Get Registered Or Be An Alien...
A citizen who has reached the mature age of 18 years without a voter’s card is an alien in his own country. Such a...
The Tragedy Of Dependence
When the first vaccines arrived on Gambian soil the ministry of health had to do a lot of advocacy to convince people to vaccinate....
Coalition Of Presidential Candidates Or Coalition Of Parties Or Both
Coalition 2016 started as a Coalition of Presidential Candidates instead of a Coalition of parties. It is after the meeting of the Presidential candidates...
The Third Week Of Registration
Gambians Take The Voter’s Card Seriously
Female Gambians are taking their right to vote more seriously than their male counterparts. After three weeks of registration...
