Burkina Faso’s army has given the coup leader an ltimatum to surrender or face an assault, as its troops reach the capital, Ouagadougou. Negotiations between army chiefs and the presidential guard have broken down, a senior military officer said. Troops are moving through the capital, as a 10:00 GMT deadline […]
Month: September 2015
Joint Burkina Faso Military Want Presidential Guards Out
The ultimatum is will soon reach a crescendo, who will blink, State Guards or regular Burkinabe army? The Burkina Faso revolution is taking on a new shape. As in Gambia, where President Jammeh relies on his trusted State Guards, who are armed to the teeth, with unprecedented powers, Burkina Faso […]
HRW Report Is All Tribalist Conspirasy; Jammeh Is A Democrat
This is what Sam Sarr, the new dictator Jammeh’s mouthpiece said about the Human Rights Watch findings. With all the people tortured, killed, exiled, wounded, disabled, Sam Sarr is hanging onto tribalism as the main reason people reject Yahya Jammeh. What a buffoon, self-serving fool! Read an excerpt from the […]
Gambian Gender Activists: Abortion Rights Ignore?
By Boto Sanneh Editor’s note: ‘A field trip narrative, very insightful and revealing’ “Individuals have argued that the anti-FGM position in the Gambia is not thoroughly researched, not well-thought out and formulated and somehow, too Eurocentric and foreign donor-driven.” Last month while on a brief visit home in Gambia, I […]
Burkina Faso Coup Supporters Attack Hotel Hosting Mediation Talks
By Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Pro-coup demonstrators in Burkina Faso on Sunday stormed a hotel due to host talks aimed at restoring a civilian interim government and attacked participants arriving for the meeting, witnesses said. Some of the protesters carried signs expressing support for a military […]
Burkina Crisis: Mediator Signals Breakthrough
A delegation mediating in Burkina Faso after a coup this week says there has been a breakthrough and hinted the transitional government could return. Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi was speaking after meeting coup leader Gen Gilbert Diendere in Ouagadougou. Mr Boni Yayi suggested an announcement on Sunday could see […]
Interior Minister Ousman Sonko – The Silent Serpent – Part 1
Ousman Sonko is the worst of all the rotten poisonous elements of the Gambian predicament! By Patriotic Gambian Having followed the subject of Jammeh Enablers in this medium over time, I am convinced that the authors and most commentators do not have inside knowledge of the Jammeh machinery. I have seen most […]
Celebrating The Life And Work Of Kwame Nkrumah
By Madi Jobarteh ‘Nkrumah battles Ghana’s neocolonialist intellectuals who were after their self-interest’ 18 September 2015 marks the 106th birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana and the leading exponent for African unity in modern times. Following his studies in US and Britain, Nkrumah became a major organizer […]
SENDGO Launches Website
September 18, 2015 We are pleased to announce the launching of our brand new website SENEGAMBIA DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATION (SENDGO). After four months of hard work and dedication and achieving a very successful mission on a EUROPEAN TOUR including a very fruitful meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]
AU, ECOWAS Hand In Glove With Neocolonial “Ruling Class”
By Ousainou Mbenga The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its 47th ordinary session in Accra, Ghana on May 19, 2015 as the region is roiling in crises such as the most recent rebellions in Burkina Faso and Burundi. In fact, the entire continent is entangled in the […]
Protesters Against Military Coup Killed In Burkina Faso
Street clashes erupt after army declares full control of West African nation, weeks before planned elections. Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, called for the country’s military to “exercise restraint”. Ban condemned “in the strongest terms” the coup led by a close ally of toppled former leader Blaise Compaore. “Those responsible for […]
Face To Face With Intellectuals Who Matter
Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, Lecturer Sainey Faye and Kebba Nyanchor Sanneh A series on the position and roles of Gambian intellectuals in the political struggle has kicked off on Kairo Radio. It is a topic that needs to be discussed, dissected and understood. What role intellectuals and academics have […]