Editorial

Imam Baba Leigh Breaths Air of Freedom; After 158 Days of Detention The erudite Imam of the Kanifing East Mosque, Imam Baba Leigh was at last freed on the night of Friday May 10th 2013. He was arrested on 3rd...	What Natural Resources Is President Jammeh Talking About? “As we speak I have evidence of some of the natural resources that we have, that in no time can bring in rapid socio-economic development for this...
Greed Never Pays Well: African leaders Must Allow Smooth Political Transitions . It is unfortunate that, very few people or leaders know that greed never pays well. Africa’s major problem today is greed, greed mainly by no other...	Analysis of Developments Registered Before 22 July and After: As Gambia Celebrates 48th Independence Anniversary Tomorrow February 18th marks 48 years of nationhood, it is a great day in the history of our motherland the Gambia. At age 48 she has nobody to...
Allah Never Ask Muslims To Rest On Fridays: So where is the rationale behind the New Working Days? What is the rationale behind the declaration of Fridays as a rest day for the public sector and others; it can’t be on religious grounds as The...	Dropping Charges Against the Two Journalist is Welcome: But Must Allow the Two Newspapers and radio operate The news of the dropping of the charges against two Gambian journalists is a welcome gesture. The two were arrested and charged for applying for a...
Why We Refuse to Bow On Friday 14, three suspected plain-clothes officers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) walked into the offices of The Daily...	If Former President Jawara Can Do It, Why Not Jammeh? 21 years ago , when The Gambia celebrated its 26 years of nationhood, the then President of The Gambia, former President Jawara,...
Charges Against Journalists Over Executions Demo Must Be Dropped Charges against two journalists detained after they applied for permission to hold a peaceful protest over the executions of nine...	The Use of The Death Penalty in 2011 “The evidence presented to me by former prosecutors and judges with decades of experience in the criminal justice system has convinced...
The Vice President Should Have Her Facts Right before Making a Public Statement It is misleading for the Vice President to say that she saw while watching news that 200 South African miners were convicted of murder in...	How Come? We have been writing in the pages of this paper over and over again that people need to be careful of how they go about their...
Whiles KM Elders’ Appeal for a Tentative Halt to Executions, WCR is Calling For a Total Halt 9prisoners on the death row were killed last Sunday 26th August ,2012 by a presidential order as the constitution of The Gambia...	Alas!!! So, President Yahya Jammeh has indeed spilled blood. Oh, but why? His justification is that those he killed had killed. It is a law...
Executions in The Gambia giant leap backwards Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine persons were executed last night in The Gambia, and that more persons...	Mr President Temper Justice with Mercy, Save the Lives of the Murder Convicts in our Jails Mr President, your pronouncement on the day of the Eid has attracted both national and international outcry. You swore to the Holy...
Remembering the Slave Trade The history of the slave trade and its abolition has shaped the world in which we live. We are all heirs to this past, which has transformed the...	The Sorry State of Rural Women The harsh conditions of our rural women are glaringly clear for everyone to see, as it extends to reflect the status of the country vis-à-vis poverty...
Only If We Could Maintain This! Islam is the predominant religion in The Gambia. Since majority of the people are Muslims, we are therefore at least expected to do things in common...	Where Are We Heading to? In today’s Gambia, there is a growing hunger and poverty. Even the government admits that the country is unlikely to meet target-one of the...
Food Self Sufficiency: An Achievable Vision But only If… Hopes are that The Gambia can feed herself. At the national level this vision is embeded in the PAGE, as well as Vision 2020. However, food self...	No To a Replica 2011/2012 Season! Last year’s cropping season was a bitter taste that would linger on our tongues for several years to come due to the devastating, low crop yields...
'Jarama' NAWEC T he understanding NAWEC gives to the public is that, in its supply of electricity, customers are connected through different generators....	Defending the Indefensible!!! In an interview with this paper in June this year, the commissioner of the Gambia Prisons Services, in no uncertain terms, pointed out that neither...
Left to Rebuild their Damaged Lives, this is Unfair The arrest in April this year of the 20 people – eighteen male and two female – on the allegation that that they were homosexuals was quite shocking....	The Ramadan Gifts, How Right? Last week, The Gambian head of state dished out thousands of bags of sugar to the country’s Muslim population. The first presentation of what was...
Ministry of PA – Is This Necessary and How Constitutional? In its last Friday issue, the Daily Observer newspaper reported the establishment of a new ministry that would be responsible for presidential...	Commemoration of the 25 thWAHO DAY - July 9, 201 2 WAHO Director General’s Message 25 years ago, Heads of State and Government of the West African region motivated by a common vision adopted the protocol establishing the West...
What an Uphill Climb for NkosazamaDlamini-Zuma! Africa has made history on Monday July 16. On this day in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, the seat of the continental body, African...	Editorial And GPU Arrives The past one month has been tough for The Gambia Media. Journalists especially court reporters of some news media outfits have been found...