It has become clear that some of our commercial drivers are fond of taking advantage of their passengers. Despite the recent increment in taxi...

The person who described journalism as a business of making enemies is right. This is especially so for investigative journalists, who probe behind...

It is evident that the availability of a good road network in any country is an essential ingredient for national development, as it facilitates the...

The need for people to desist from the habit of illegal cutting of trees should stop now rather than later. It has been reported over the past one...

Our society needs to get rid of the excessive desire to acquire or possess more, especially material wealth, than one needs or deserves. People who...

Human rights defenders and journalists from Africa and beyond, currently meeting in Banjul to examine the continent’s human rights situation, as part...

The other time we ran a story about a woman who was arraigned before the Brikama Magistrates’ Court and charged with murder. The accused person,...

Change is inevitable, as society undergoes socio-cultural evolution. While most things change for the worse, others have evidently got better. One...

It was heartening to hear former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan address the issue of poor leadership in Africa at the World Economic Forum in South...

Preoccupied with everyday concerns and worries, of which the people of this continent have had more than their fair share, one would forgive the...

News of killings and suicides have become as numerous as worrisome these days. Sometime ago it was a woman who allegedly killed a 14-year-old boy...

Today (May 3rd) is World Press Freedom Day set aside by UNESCO for journalists and other media practitioners to reflect on the problems encountered...

People in the rich developed countries tend to think of climate change as a threat to our future, but communities in developing countries are feeling...

The most noticeable outcome of the recent increase in petroleum fuel prices has been the increase in taxi fares across the country, which is no doubt...

It is indeed heartening to see the efforts being made by the Gambia government in relation to the eradication of malaria. The Gambia yesterday...

As with Christmas so also Easter, Gambians celebrate with a difference. Gambians celebrate Christmas with special Gambian features, so distinct from...

The Gambia will on Monday 25th April join the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day, a moment of reflection on the achievements and...

One of the central issues to consider for the advancement of public reasoning in the world today is a well-functioning, free and independent press. ...

Expectations are high. Gambians and friends of The Gambia are looking forward with eagerness to the crucial match against Cameroon in the CAF U-20...

For the past five or so months, Laurent Gbagbo put up an unnecessary show of stubbornness, clinging on to power by a weak and overstretched string....