Why Should The EU Finance ECOWAS Security Operation In The Gambia?
On May 28, 1975, Lagos, Nigeria, West African countries met to form a regional body called The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The founding fathers had a dream of building a robust regional bloc to improve the living standard of its citizens, but forty-five years later, ECOWAS is a skimpy slice of what […]
The Ivorian ruling party requests for President Alassane Ouattara to run for 3rd term
After his prime minister’s death and designated successor, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the ruling party is asking the Ivorian president to run for a third term. Alassane Ouattara already vowed not to run for re-election last year, says he won’t seek third term in October 2020 election. If President Ouattara refuses to stand for next election […]
The U.S Seeks to Forfeit Yahya Jammeh’s $3.5 Million Maryland Property; 3-years After His Presidency
It is being reported that the U.S Department of Justice seeks to recover an asset acquired by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who has a tradition of looting his own people/country to buy de-luxe materials for himself in a foreign country. But there can’t be a bulwark between cheating and justice. The act of African […]
The Gambian Justice Minister Who Sued Myanmar at UN Court Resigned For a UN Job
The minister who is seen by many as the man who reforms Gambia’s justice sector resigned for a job in the United Nations. Resignation of a Minister was uncommon during the “Jammeh administration,” as some top government officials would prefer to flee out of the Country than to tender resignation. Since the departure of its […]
Gambia: They called him The ‘Accidental’ President; Three years on, did he prove critics wrong?
The Echoes Of A Betrayed People, Under An Accidental President. Before 2016 and even when he was controversially elected as the flag-bearer to head a coalition of seven parties to confront one of Africa’s most feared president at the time, Mr. Adama Barrow was a novice to the Gambia political circle. While his opponent, an […]
Gambia: Europeans and Lebanese investors excluded Gambian investors to form a “National Hospitality Association.”
The tourism industry in Africa is one of the most lucrative economic sectors on the continent, even in a small West African country like The Gambia tourism accounts for 20.4 percent of its GDP and constitutes the third-largest source of income towards the country’s GDP. Such a sector needs to be closely monitored by the […]