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The Economy Reigns Supreme Over Politics

By Tumbul Trawally, Seattle, U.S.A. Economics, not...

Muddy Waters of Female Circumcision in Islam 

By Momodou Buharry Gassama, Stockholm, Sweden The current...

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Standing with Conviction and Courage Under Fire

By Kebba Ansu Manneh A Gambian-U.S. based  activist, Basamba (Njol) Drammeh, told The Gambia Times that despite all insults heaped on him and his allied...

Slavery Based on Caste System is “Ancestral, Barbaric and Shameful” Says Basamba Drammeh     

  Mr. Basamba Drammeh Atlanta, Ga. USA September 23, 2018 To his Excellency Mr. Adama Barrow President of the Republic of The Gambia Mr. President, As you might have known already, our...

  Suwaebou Conateh, a Veteran Journalist, Died

By Kebba Ansu Manneh The media fraternity in The Gambia is mourning the death of veteran journalist Suwaebou Conateh. Mr. Conateh served as a journalist...

NAWEC Threatens Service Disruption to Government Entities in Default of Bills Payment

By Kebba Ansu Manneh The Managing Director of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), Baba Fatajo, has threatened service disruptions to public entities that...

Class Warfare Upend Peace in Seranculeh Communities Nationwide

By Kebba Ansu Manneh Some local authorities and national leaders have called for government intervention to end the caste conflicts that have emerged among the...

The Link Between Housing and a Strong Economy

By Tumbul Trawally, Seattle, USA No economic activity gives a jolt to the economy — in the short run — than building houses. If you think about...

Response to CRC’s Possible Areas for Constitutional Reform

By Foday Samateh Issues identified by the Constitutional Review Commission and my responses. Citizenship It is expected that existing rights and entitlements to Gambian citizenship...

In Rural Gambia, Calls for More Powers to Women in the Third Republic

By Kebba Ansu Manneh As the constitutional review exercise gains momentum across the country, scores of women  in rural Gambia have called for more powers...

Gambians Recommend a Two-terms Limit for the Presidency

By Kebba Ansu Manneh As the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) sits around the country to seek recommendations from citizens on a new constitution for the...

Rural Gambians Expressed Views on Citizenship as CRC Embarks on National Consultation

By Kebba Ansu Manneh As Gambians are deliberating on the future law that will govern their affairs in the wake of uprooting the twenty-two-year dictatorship...

The Ombudsman’s Report Finds Faults With Both Sides in the Debacle of SSHFC

On 29 October 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman of The Republic of The Gambia submitted its report on the investigation of the crises...

Voir  Dire Trial of Ex-NIA Operatives Failed  to  Proceed

By Kebba Ansu Manneh The  case of  the  seven  former  operatives of defunct  National Intelligence Agency  who are  charged with twenty-five  charges  in the murder of Solo  Sandeng...

A Dangerous Thinking 

By The Editorial Board President Adama Barrow recently invited the chiefs around the country to the State House to pledge their political loyalties to him. He put them...

I Demanded Divorce Based on My Conviction that I Married the Wrong Man

By Kebba Ansu Manneh Fatou Jawo, a twenty-one-year old student at the University of The Gambia, who was seeking to annul her two-month marriage had...

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