Opinion

Dr. Ousman Gajigo, Economist formerly with ADB Dr. Ousman Gajigo Mr. Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Regional Integration, recently made an…

Demba Ali Jawo, Former Minister of Communications By D. A. Jawo Rumours are going around that the resignation of the Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Haddy Jatou Sey and the sacking of the…

Demba Ali Jawo, Former Minister Of Communications By D. A. Jawo The Liberian President Joseph Boakai has recently announced that he is going to take a 40% pay cut due to economic pressures in his…

Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist By Madi Jobarteh The issue of FGM is not and cannot be about choice. Since the outbreak of the FGM issue, one could hear folks claiming that FGM is about choice. Well,…

By Madi Jobarteh Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist By Madi Jobarteh It is indeed concerning that the largest opposition political party, UDP would vote against the FGM Report…

Dr. Ousman Gajigo, Economist formerly with ADB By Dr. Ousman Gajigo Mr. Baboucarr Bouy, the Minister of Public Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and Delivery, was recently reported…

Dr. Ousman Gajigo, Economist formerly with ADB By Dr. Ousman Gajigo It is tragedy that there is food insecurity in The Gambia todaybecause this serious problem is highly solvable. After all, thecountry has all the…

By D. A. Jawo There is no doubt that everyone would agree with Lands and Regional Governments Minister Hamat Bah that every Gambian is entitled to be allocated a plot of public land, but in his…

Madi Jobarteh, Human Rights Activist This Standard newspaper story here fully captures the problem with the Gambia Government. It appears Government officials either do not know their job or they simply decide…

First Lady Fatou Bah Barrow and Journalist Mustapha K Darboe By Sulayman Ben Suwareh On July 3, the investigative journalism platform The Republic got tongues waggling. A foundation established by the wife…