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            Legal Luminary Shares His Views On The Etiquette Values Of Humanity   By Almamy Fanding Taal “Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish," (Aristotle). In the hubbub of the modern world, where time is a precious commodity and individual pursuits often take precedence over shared values, it’s essential to pause and ask ourselves: are the values we once cherished still alive in this synthetic age? Let’s explore this question through a realistic scenario. Imagine a teenage child of our neighbour starts dumping garbage in an open area opposite the home of another neighbour who lives and works abroad but her elderly mother and relatives taking care of her mother live with us in the same neighborhood , what is the obligation of the neighbours in this scenario? The answer may vary, contingent on your personal circumstances. If we work lat

  Team Outpost Lamin Manneh, UDP’s Deputy Senior Administrative Secretary for Diaspora and External Affairs has said that the move of Momodou Sabally to NPP is his prerogative right. He made these remarks on Thursday in an interview with Peter Gomez on the popular Coffee Time show.   “If he chooses to move to another party, that is entirely his prerogative right, and we must respect that Sabaaly is a Gambian and it is his democratic right. He came to the UDP and we welcomed him with open arms, and he played his part. And he decides to move on.  Constitutionally he has the right to move to any party he wants to. So we respected that.  Anybody who comes to UDP from another party, we are open to all Gambians. We will accept you , and give you the treatment that we give to everyone in the party. we give everybody the benefit of the doubt.,” he asserted.  asked about the fear of whether Sabally will leak information that will be damaging to the party. He responded: “That's how often peo

Team Outpost Gambians have reacted to the recent dramatic political move of Momodou Sabally, the former Campaign Manager of the United Democratic Party (UDP) to join the National People's Party (NPP). It is reported that Momodou Sabally, the outspoken critic of President Adama Barrow made a surprised u-turn on Wednesday.  The move was greeted with mix feelings among the UDP militants, and Gambians living in home and abroad.  Aisha Bint Ibrahim, a UDP supporter said it is his right to shift political allegiance to NPP, adding that their loyalty remains to the party. “It's Sabally's right to cease being a member of UDP. We have nothing against him. We extend our gratitude to him for serving the party. Meanwhile we are behind Ba Ousainou, our loyalty remains the same,” she said. Ousman Ceesay, a concern Gambian said the country has a poor record of elite accountability.  He further added that Gambians still continue to live in an era of impunity for people of influence.  “We h

      By Sheriff Saidykhan The Gambia Press Union (GPU) in partnership with the National Democratic Instutute (NDI), have today began a two day capacity building training for 25 Journalists from different media outlets on Access to Information Act.  The training seeks to equip journalists on the required skills on Acces of Information Act.  The training held at Bakadaji in Kotu, brought together journalists to brainstorm ideas on Access to Information Act.  Lala Touray, Senior Program Manager expressed delight and extended gratitude to the Gambia Press Union for it's show of commitment towards training journalists on the Access to Information Act.  Saikou Jammeh, journalist and freedom of expression advocate outlined an overview and the evolution of different countries on access to information act.  Kumba Leigh, of the Gambia Daily News explained her expectations of the training.  “My expectations is to be able to familiarize myself with the process and procedures of Access to Info

       Team Outpost Marr Nyang, the Executive Director of Gambia Participates (GP) has said that the 2024 draft budget for revenue estimates and expenditure needs proper  restructuring for the growth and management of the economy.  “I guess restructuring our fiscal policies and attitudes, how do we efficiently manage our public funds is something that need to be look at,” he said  In a telephone interview with The Outpost Media on Thursday, he said there is need for the new draft budget to better explain the new projects included in the budget.  “The budget need to be program base, and for the budget to be explaining it's new act. or its new project that is included in the budget. There should be a note detailing the outcome of that project. To know what is the input and to know those that are going to benefit. And how we can impact the economy,” he posited.  He added: “I guess these are the informations that are still lacking in the budget.  These informations will help parliament

   | Author Shares His Views On The Current Political And Economic Criss Of The Country | By Dembo Badjie The ‘bread and butter’ issue has become the most important factor in the national discourse in recent times. When we hear the people complaining and saying The Gambia is ‘hard’, they are referring to the very high cost of living in almost all aspects of the people's needs. Prices of food commodities whether local produce or imported stuff are beyond the means of the average Gambian. Upholding liberal economic policies in a poor country like the Gambia can neither be realistic nor good economics. It is acknowledged that the high cost of living is due to the high rates of foreign exchange needed to import essential commodities into the country. The global economic downturn has contributed to the harsh economic realities many nations are faced with and The Gambia is no exception. However, the state cannot seem to be helpless in this situation.  The masses of the people cannot

    Team Outpost Forbes a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and lifestyle has recently named Fatou Bensouda among the 100 most influential African women.                      Early Life And Education  Born on 31 January 1961 in Banjul (then Bathurst), Gambia, into a polygamous Muslim family, she is the daughter of Omar Gaye Nyang, who was a government driver and the country's most prominent wrestling promoter.  Fatou Bensouda is the niece of the Gambian historian and author Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof. Her father is related to the Joof family through his maternal grandmother Ndombuur Joof (Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof's great-aunt).  She attended primary and secondary school in the Gambia before leaving in 1982 for Nigeria, where she graduated from the University of Ife with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree in 1986.  The following year, she obtained her professional qualification as a barrister-at-law from the Nigeria Law Schoo

                                                                          Au @60? By Almamy Fanding Taal       The lasting legacy of the Berlin Conference that partitioned Africa in 1864 is the foolish acquiescence of African leaders in maintaining the artificial borders that Europeans created for Africans. When Dr. Kwame Nkrumah shared his vision of a Continental Union Government of Africa in 1963, there were no obvious models for the leaders assembled in Addis Ababa to look at. The closest model for the leaders to consider was the USA, also a post colonial nation which started its experiment in self Government with 13 colonies predominantly on the east coast of the USA. For whatever reasons this model was not appealing to the assembled leaders, so despite Nkrumah's visionary eloquence for an African Unity Government the leaders chose to settle for an Organization that has been talking about unity for 60 years and has firm plans to continue talking about African Unity for another

Team Outpost Alagie Said Barrow, former TRRC Investigator has called on the government of President Adama Barrow to take a comprehensive approach to eradicate the back way menaces in the country. “Addresing the back way issue requires a comprehensive approach that goes beyond merely passing strict laws. Conduct some form of root analysis, identify possible solutions, draw up a strategy or strategies, and implement the strategy and monitor progress; while holding staff accountable,” he posited.  Speaking to West Coast Radio popular Coffee Time Show with Peter Gomez on Tuesday,Alagie Saidy Barrow responded to President Barrow's declaration on migrant smugglers, saying passing stricter laws is akin to ‘treating the rashes and ignoring the leprosy’. He continued: “The laws may help, but it will not help the root causes. And from a national security standpoint, I urge the government to study the correlation between countries with an active youth population like ours and social unrest in