Life is slowly coming back to normal for used-cloth sellers at Serekunda Market who were allowed to resume business barely a week ago. The resumption followed an apparent three-week ban by local authorities. “We have been deprived to sell here for three weeks now,” claimed a second-hand clothing seller. “The […]
Month: July 2014
Bimex Manager Cross-Examined
The trial of Logistic Manager of Bimex resumed at the Banjul Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Mr. Cosmail Hayek is accused of making false declaration to the immigration department service. He earlier denied the charge brought against him by the state. Under cross-examination by the State Prosecutor Mam N Jobe, Mr. Hayek […]
Waa Juwara Returns To The Dock
The dismissed former Minister of Lands, Regional Administration and Traditional Rulers on Tuesday returned to the dock. Testifying before Magistrate Hillary Abeke at Banjul Magistrate’s Court in the ongoing trial of Lamin Waa Juwara and Co. was Saikou Sanyang, the deputy Permanent Secretary at the Lands Ministry. Sanyang, who said […]
The Struggle Before The Revolution
Every revolution, every change of a status quo through out the history of human social co-existence, nation building or organisational formations must be understood to have gone through such phases that would overlap one another, diverge at some points and finally converge to a focal point of understanding, an understanding […]
University Chief Fooled MPs
The Vice Chancellor of the University of the Gambia had fooled Members of Parliament, investigators proved. “It has been revealed that the National Assembly Select Committee on Education paid a visit to the University of the Gambia following an elaborate report presented to the Assembly by Professor Muhammadu Kah. However […]
‘Don’t Spread Lies About Those Fighting With You’
No matter how messy the fight turns out, it is never acceptable to spread lies about people who have been fighting against a dictator. Those were the remarks by Stockholm-based Gambian activist. Jainaba Bah, who last week resigned from the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG), […]
CORDEG: Fatal Blow of GDAG’S Departure
By Mathew K. Jallow The shocking resignation from CORDEG, of GDAG, the principal organizer of the historic Raleigh Conference, under the leadership of Alkali Conteh, followed soon by more resignations of three senior CORDEG executives; Jainaba Bah, Lamin Tunkara and Demba Dem, is significant in many ways. It is significant […]