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A data-driven revolution for a better future
Suruwa B. Wawa Jaiteh
In a matter of months, over 3 million people have been infected, hundreds of thousands have died, health systems have been...
Reassessing Banjul-Bissau ties
By Gibril Saine
After months of political intrigue, regional bloc, ECOWAS, has recognised president Umaro Cissoko Embalo as winner of Guinea Bissau's protracted election....
Covid-19 can have substantial economic impact on Gambia
By Assan Faal
As the coronavirus pandemic slowly starts spreading within Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that this will have the same...
Vote no on the draft constitution, here is why
By Baba Colley
When did Cherno Sulayman Jallow and the Constitutional Review Commission decide that they were going to copy the Kenyan constitution? Nothing against...
Final Draft Constitution – My preliminary reaction
By Dr Ebrima Ceesay
Regrettably, the political atmosphere in post-Jammeh Gambia has become so negatively toxic and polarised that having a civil political or intellectual...
Covid-19 in The Gambia: impact analysis (continued)
By David Abraham
4. Open-market traders
With the suspension of open market trading for 21 days, these traders who generally survive from hand to mouth will...
Covid-19 in The Gambia: impact analysis
By David Abraham
On 17th March, President Barrow (of The Gambia) announced a closure of schools, marketplaces and other open gatherings for a 21-day period,...
Reason for our arrest and detention at Mile 2 Prison July 26th, 1994
By Samsudeen Sarr
Sunday July 24th, 1994 marked the day the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) government strengthened its position to govern The Gambia.
Sub-Lieutenant...
The speeches on July 22, 1994 and the scramble for power by key officers
By Samsudeen Sarr
I ended my last paper explaining the arrival of the Gambian religious leaders mainly from the urban area to the State House...
Madi Jobarteh’s madness
By Alhaji Abubakar Darbo
Nothing on earth is furthest from the truth than irresponsibility. Recently, Madi Jobarteh made a statement that "there is no sect...
The role of the Americans in The Gambia’s 1994 military coup
By Samsudeen Sarr
If this series passes the ultimate appraisal for publication, I will produce it as my third book. I therefore hope my impatient...
Has the nation state failed Africa?
Dr Sulayman Njie
Africa, for all of its vast land, storied history and struggles, is today perhaps more than ever, populated by states that, for...
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