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Adama Barrow’s weird relationship with Yaya Jammeh and APRC

Immediately following a widely distributed clip of a Senegalese journalist’s interview, which was also published in local newspapers, the Gambia government came out swiftly to debunk claims made by the journalist in that interview. In a sit down interview with Senegalese journalists about his upcoming piece, Mr. Pape Sané, himself a Senegalese journalist, claimed that… Continue reading Adama Barrow’s weird relationship with Yaya Jammeh and APRC

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Political violence is never spontaneous, it builds up over time and Gambians should be concerned for 2026

Part I The 2026 elections are shaping up to be the most contentious and most vulgar if the reactions from within the National People's Party (NPP) following the shellacking of the party at the hands of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in the just concluded local government elections is anything to go by. From the… Continue reading Political violence is never spontaneous, it builds up over time and Gambians should be concerned for 2026

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Leadership sets the tone

If you take a close look at our makeup as a society, power is entirely concentrated in the executive, and the executive is headed by one man, ergo, one man rule. Our self-proclaimed democracy is a sham, regular elections, not even fair or free elections is the only yardstick we care about. With the defeat… Continue reading Leadership sets the tone