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Aids that litter our society and highjack our local economies
By Alagie Jinkang
According to Todaro (1992), economic development is a multidimensional process involving the reorganization and reorientation of the entire economic and social systems....
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
The fallacy of a name
1. Our next question we need to ask is what are the geographical limits of the area called Gambia, Gambra...
The eye of the young
By 'General' Lamin A Bojang
It is indeed a total alien who will question the morality of the indigenous people of Foni. This region has...
Orbiting through Gambia tourism: in search of the tourism product
In the last installment of this series, focus was on the search for the ideal tourist and attempts were made to proffer various definitions...
Senegambia: Language-groups not tribe/ethnic groups
By Ebrima Kamara
The need to discuss and understand Gambian-ness from an inclusive perspective is overdue, but, is better too late than never. For the...
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
By Dembo Fatty
I have been thinking about the above assertions by Jammeh for a while now and every time I tried to respond, I...
What does businesses in The Gambia need to succeed?
By Basiru Cham
Now, more than ever, businesses in The Gambia are struggling for survival and growth. All businesses in all industries are suffering in...
We want a system change. What is system change?
For the first time in the political life of Gambians, change of government through elections took place on 1 December 2016. Until then the...
Gambians should bury tribalism
Dear all,
I know once again some of you would be asking the obvious question: 'What on earth has any toubab to do with our...
The GPU/UTG MoU institutionalised negative discrimination
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) purportedly signed between the Gambia Press Union and the School of Journalism and Digital Media, University of The Gambia...
Beware of the politician; interest, not love, guides their motives
“The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman thinks about the next...
Urban environmental problems of the City of Banjul, the public health challenges and where lies the solution
By Abdoukarim Sanneh, London UK
The spatial and land use planning of the city Banjul, date back to colonial days and this led the genesis...
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Letters: Evaporating candor and statesmanship in the presidency
Dear editor,
When a leader, no less a head of state travels and give speeches, citizens need to be both inspired and mesmerized by substance,...
For every child, education
Education is a fundamental human right and is essential for realizing other human rights. Education empowers people by helping them to acquire skills, knowledge,...
New Constitution Could Affect Barrow, Darboe’s Political Ambitions
By Omar Bah
If the new constitution is adopted as published last week, President Adama Barrow and UDP leader Lawyer Ousainu Darboe could both have...
Jambur man claims ten deaths linked to Jammeh’s witch hunting
By Mafugi Ceesay
Dembo Bojang, a native of Jambur village has told the TRRC at his first sitting at the scene of alleged crimes that...
Expelled UDP NAMS surface at Barrow meeting
By Tabora Bojang on tour
A number of expelled UDP NAMs, who were kicked out of the party last week, yesterday surfaced at the first...