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Would Yahya Jammeh have given Sir Dawda Jawara a befitting state funeral?
By Dr. Alieu Faal
Under President Adama Barrow, Sir Dawda Jawara was given full state burial befitting his status as the founding father of our...
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara; 1924 to 2019
By Muhammad I.S Gassama
The father of the nation, the founder of the sovereign state of the Gambia and the veritable architect of our national...
Re: Salute Sir Dawda-the unifier and beacon of tribal harmony
By: Momodou Camara
Allow me to quote from Marc Antony in his speech at the Burial of Julius Caesar and its relevance to Gambians and...
Alhaji Ambassador Ebou M. Taal, (1937-2019),Gambian pioneer diplomat, international civil servant and historian
By Hassoum Ceesay
Alhaji Ebou Taal who died at 82, weekend, was a pioneer Gambian diplomat, international civil servant and a historian of the socio-political...
The half century tenure of Alkalo Meta Jassey of Bakoteh
By Omar Joof
The face of modern Bakoteh is no more. Alkali Meta Jassey recently joined his ancestors after a tenure of almost fifty years.
He...
The dilemma of our transitional justice
By Capt. Ebou Jallow
During the AFPRC transitional government, The Gambia was in a state of exception, a juridical condition without a constitutional foundation and...
Hear me, Ousman Koro Ceesay
Toney F Mendy,
UTG
Even as you rest, likely, with the imaginary simile of yours that many and myself today painted to console our hearts...
Solo Sandeng: Hailing a political colossus
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
In comrade Solo Sandeng, the Gambia have lost yet another giant and icon of the second liberation struggle. It is a...
Dr Ibrahim Lowe: Educator, estimable and eclectic eminence
Hope was how I felt anticipating to attend his class, which was a trace too far from the uncouth cousin of hope: optimism. Yes,...
Tribute of a UTG graduate
By Baboucarr Camara
There is no better feeling than putting on that gown with your name loudly called through the PA system and asked to...
Papa Serign Muhammadou Kabir Kah 1926 – 2018 Khalifa General of Mam Mass Kah, Medina Serign Mass, North Bank Region, The Gambia
By Prof Muhammadou MO Kah
Inna lilahi wa inna elaihi raaji houn. May Allah SWT grant Papa Serign Muhammadou Kabir Kah Jannatul Fridaus.
We convey our...
To the late Aja Fatou Asombie Bojang: Adieu – ‘Emitei Chaami’
By Momodou Sabally
A wonderful mother, the late Aja Fatou Asombie Bojang, was the very embodiment of love, magnanimity and compassion. News of her passing...
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A friend in need is a friend indeed
With Aisha Jallow
Once again this saying has showed to be true. In these times of the Coronavirus hanging over us like a dark cloud,...
Senegambian lives amid Covid-19 lockdown in Italy; importance of remittances for Senegambian households
ByAlagie Jinkang
According to the World Bank 2018 Migration and Development Brief, remittances make up to 10 per cent of the GDP of both Senegal...
Covid-20: For Gambia, just what the doctor ordered
By Baba G. Jallow
If Covid-19 has dealt the world a near-mortal blow, if it has locked down cities and sent powerful countries reeling, if...
Tour de farce: Of words, bats and crowns
By Sheriff Bojang
I am not an insufferable grammar policeman like Fodeh Baldeh who I believe thinks he was born to come cauterise the Gambian...
Dou Sanno Says Kandeh Has Personal Grudge Against Barrow
By Lamin Cham
Presidential political adviser Dou Sanno yesterday hit back at the leader of opposition Gambia Democratic Congress leader, Mamma Kandeh describing him as...