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TOGO SHOULD LEARN FROM THE GAMBIA

The call for change of government after decades of rule by one family is echoing the clarion call for an end to self-perpetuating rule...

Hospitals Should Be Given Special Consideration By Nawec

Hospitals must have electricity to preserve medicine and equipment. Major hospitals where operations are conducted should not be having load shedding. The practice of...

Hospitals Should Be Given Special Consideration By Nawec

Hospitals must have electricity to preserve medicine and equipment. Major hospitals where operations are conducted should not be having load shedding. The practice of...

The Commonwealth Sends A Fact Finding Mission

As The Gambia prepares for Commonwealth membership, the Commonwealth Secretariat has sent members of its directorate to speak to stakeholders in The Gambia on...

The Commonwealth Sends A Fact Finding Mission

As The Gambia prepares for Commonwealth membership, the Commonwealth Secretariat has sent members of its directorate to speak to stakeholders in The Gambia on...

Appointment And Removal Of Chiefs

As it stands the appointment and removal of district chiefs is the prerogative of the president. No explanation or justification is required. This has...

Appointment And Removal Of Chiefs

As it stands the appointment and removal of district chiefs is the prerogative of the president. No explanation or justification is required. This has...

PROSPECTS FOR THE GAMBIAN ECONOMY

Since The Gambia is an agrarian economy, the state of crop production for the 2017 cropping season would significantly impact on the GDP of...

PROSPECTS FOR THE GAMBIAN ECONOMY

Since The Gambia is an agrarian economy, the state of crop production for the 2017 cropping season would significantly impact on the GDP of...

BAKOTEH DUMPSITE IN FOCUS

Signing ceremonies are taking place, companies are being granted lease of land. However the public, especially the residents near the Bakoteh Dumpsite are yet...

BAKOTEH DUMPSITE IN FOCUS

Signing ceremonies are taking place, companies are being granted lease of land. However the public, especially the residents near the Bakoteh Dumpsite are yet...

THE NEW TYPE OF REPUBLICAN ARMY AND SECURITY FORCES

If the New Gambia is to become a reality we must build a republican army and security forces. What does that mean? Sankara once said,...

Is a Cold War Brewing With North Korean Missile Crisis?

A cold war existed up to 1989 when the Soviet Union and the United States vied to bring countries in the world under their...

When Will NIA Become SIS? The Face of a Changing Institution

The constitution in section 191 provides for the establishment of a National Intelligence Agency. It further commands that an Act should be enacted to...

New Gambia Has No Place for Babarism and the Law of...

According to media reports, an alleged thief was stripped naked and tortured and a footage of the whole exercise was posted in the internet....

SIS (NIA) Takes a Step Forward but Has a Lot More...

Merely holding a press conference is a significant step taken by the SIS (formerly NIA). This was the unthinkable in the previous regime when...

Has the New Government Fulfilled Its Obligation to the ACHPR?

The Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights has empowered the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to monitor the human rights situation...

Media / Military Relations – A New Beginning

The Gambia Armed Forces comprise men and women who are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters of Gambian citizens. They have...

Presumption of Innocence: Armed Forces Please Take Note!

It is trite law in our jurisdiction that a person accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent until he/she pleads guilty or is...

New Transportation Fares to Take Effect Today

On Friday, 11 August 2017, the Ministry of Works, Transport and Construction, issued a press release announcing reduction in transport fares for all categories...