Every citizen must empower themselves with the understanding that a candidate's ethnicity will not lower the about 75 percent debt-to-GDP, nor will their personality reduce the cost of imported rice.
The burden of his legacy weighs heavily on Ousainou Darboe, the most consequential political figure in recent decades.
By R. Carl Paschall, U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia For the first time in more than a generation, Gambians are presented with an intimidation-free election, having embraced the democratic freedoms ushered in after they courageously cast their marbles in December 2016 to demand peacefully at the ballot box a break with the past. Even a casual observer can’t miss the energy and excitement – and, yes, tension – with a crowded political field of candidates vying to make their case to the voters of why theirs are the best ideas to move The Gambia forward in rule of law-based democratic governance, respecting citizen’s fundamental...
Rest in Peace, IGP Jobe! It is not every day that an Inspector General of Police (IGP) dies in office. When the death of Alagie Mamour Jobe, the IGP for three years (2018-2021) was announced, the shock and grief could make the president’s public relations team be forgiven for the yet another blunder in the State House media alerts that the ‘president was shockingly informed’ about it. On a more serious issue though, the sudden death of Mr Jobe is a great loss for the country, especially the Gambia Police Force (GPF). But it is not without controversy, putting the ancient taboo...
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