There are reasons to celebrate the “July 22 Revolution” and remember President Yahya Jammeh in a simple way. This may be with national prayers in churches and mosques to heal and reconcile a divided and polarized nation, to move on with nation building.
Adama Barrow
Tagged under Democracy & Governance Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia, Adama Barrow, Corrution in Africa, Dictatorship
On 6 April 2017, I drove around the Gambian capital, Banjul, with a sense of historic déja-vu as I watched people queue at polling stations to cast their ballots in legislative elections.
It was a life and death story, and so I don't enjoy telling it. But once the recent developments had driven it from deep down my mind right up to the front, there was no way of shoving it aside.
It is really a curse for any country to be saddled with a morally bankrupt political leadership.
The Gambia, a small West African country with some 1.9 million people, is an agriculturally fertile land famous for tourism, especially its attractive beaches.
Democracy is up to the people: A successful democracy does not rely on a single personality or an elected leader. All people need to partake in political processes.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance President Yahaya Jammeh, Dictatorship, The Gambia, Adama Barrow