THE TRANSFORMATION OF GAMBIAN POLITICS
Never in the history of Gambian politics have such a crowd been brought together to engage in a procession which lasted for over five...
WHICH CHILD HAS DISAPPEARED TO WARRANT PARENTS STOPPING THEIR CHILDREN FROM...
Foroyaa has reliably learnt that parents are stopping their children from going to school for fear that they could be abducted.
How the rumour spread...
NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STARTS
The nomination process needs to be understood by the Gambian voter. The first step is for the Independent Electoral Commission to give a date...
TODAY IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO WILL CONTEST...
The process of becoming a candidate in a presidential election starts with nomination. A candidate will have to get the backing of 5000 registered...
THE MOST EVENTFUL PERIOD IN GAMBIA’S POLITICAL HISTORY UNFOLDING
2016 will be remembered as the most eventful period in Gambia’s political history. For the first time in Gambia’s history, viable presidential candidates from...
COUNT DOWN TO NOMINATION
The field appears to be narrowing down as we come close to nomination of presidential candidates. IEC started by making claims that eight would...
THE SELECTION OF FLAG BEARER AND THE CHALLENGES
The Opposition parties driven by the demand of the population for one candidate to contest the 2016 Presidential election created a mechanism to select...
COALITION NOW HAS A FLAG BEARER
Yesterday, what many had thought was impossible did happen. Seven opposition parties selected a flag bearer at a convention to contest the December 1...
THE DRIVE TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The election atmosphere is gradually becoming dominant. Public discourse is beginning to center around elections. Civil society organistions are waking up to the call...
A REMINDER TO THE NATION; THEY SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Elections are national events. Nomination for election constitutes the starting point of the concrete contest for elections.
At this very moment there are prisoners who...
COUNTING THE DAYS TOWARDS THE 1ST DECEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
1 December is just around the corner. It is hard to predict what the outcome will be.
Different political forces are engaged in grassroots work...
OPPOSITION CANDIDATES SEEK NOMINATIONS WHILE PREPARED FOR CONTEST OF FLAGBEARERSHIP
The requirements for nomination must be met by any presidential aspirant. One of the requirements is to be nominated by 5000 people; this is...
ANALYSTS ARE GETTING LOST AS THEY STUDY AND ASSESS THE CURRENT...
Initially, many people felt that the Electoral reform of 2015 had tied the hands and feet of the Opposition and would provide the incumbent...
Acquitted and Discharged but Still Not Free
Freedom is what a sovereign human being deserves. Every human being should be born free. His or her liberty should only be at stake...
Why is detention without trial still continuing in The Gambia?
Section 19 of the Constitution forbids detention without trial. Nobody should be under detention for more than 72 hours without being charged and taken...
WHAT IS HOLDING THE INTERPARTY COMMITTEE FROM FUNCTIONING?
The IEC frequently tells journalists that it aims to work very closely with the inter-party committee comprising all political parties in the country. One...
THE CHANGING FACE OF GAMBIAN POLITICS
Taking into consideration the political developments that are unfolding one is bound to conclude that many people are in for a big surprise on...
LANDMARK DEVELOPMENT IN GAMBIAN POLITICAL HISTORY
The Gambia is a country which has never changed through the ballot box and no one has empirical evidence to indicate how that change...
THE SECURITY SITUATION AND ELECTIONS
Elections have been found to be an instrument through which a sovereign people put a government in or out of office without any form...
REALITY HAS ITS OWN INFLUENTIAL POWERS, WILL THE OPPOSITION BOW DOWN...
One of the most widespread information about the electoral system is that there is only one round of voting in The Gambia because of...
