It is great and even timely that the African Union calls on the continent’s leaders to a summit meeting to pledge help for the victims of Somalia’s...

It is very sad that some people have become so greedy these days that they would give their entire life’s earnings to so-called marabouts, just to...

Before now, it was the price of sugar and meat that were the problem, but now the problem is the weighing scales used by some butchers to sell meat...

It is an accepted fact that human resource does not only contribute to national development, but are a factor of production that also creates wealth....

The conviction and sentencing of a man to life imprisonment for raping his step-daughter, as reported in this paper today, should serve as an...

Road accidents have been a major killer in this country. Though we do not have the statistics at hand, media reports testify to the fact that many...

Tomorrow Friday 22nd July 2011 will mark exactly seventeen years since President Yahya Jammeh became leader of The Gambia. When he deposed his...

Since the election of veteran opposition leader Alpha Conde of Guinea Conakry as the first democratically elected president of that country last...

It was not long ago, precisely in April this year, when the results for the Wuli East bye-election were declared, that we stated in these pages that...

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

Today we would like to use our valuable space to elaborate a bit on the condition of our roads, the manner of driving by vehicle owners or drivers,...

The issue of the rural-urban drift has become a major challenge for many developing countries, including The Gambia. The movement of people from the...

In less than three weeks’ time, Muslims in The Gambia will join the rest of the Islamic Ummah in observing the holy month of Ramadan. However, one...

How sorrowful it is to see the youthful population of a country, most especially in a developing nation, loitering about doing nothing. They should...

There is no gainsaying or disputing the fact that women are more than ever playing a significant role in the economic and social development of this...

There is no shortage of expert opinion on how to lift Africa out of poverty and make it prosperous. Every year, experts and even our leaders...

The upward spiral in the number of road accidents in the country is a grave cause for alarm. For the past two weeks or so, the country is awash with...

The Gambia Press Union recently held its congress at the Gambia Multi-Media Training Institute (GTMI), marking the end of a three-year stint for the...

The news that the price of sugar has gone high is indeed a bad development, considering the trend of hikes in the price of basic commodities the...

If the recent protests in Senegal are anything to go by, the people of that country have made it categorically clear to incumbent President Abdoulaye...