The International Community has been put on notice about the situation in the Gambia, with unprecedented diplomatic action by the United Kingdom at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The British Permanent Mission and Ambassador to the UN Mathew Rycroft recently engaged the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon […]
Month: July 2016
Halifa Asks For Solo Sandeng’s Body
The Secretary General of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has asked about the body of the slain opposition activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng. In a solidarity message on the conviction of the United Democratic Party leadership and supporters published below, Halifa Sallah asked: “Where is his body? Every body […]
EU Lawmakers Take On Jammeh
European lawmakers want their Union to adopt a tougher stance against Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. They also want the bloc to provide support to the Gambia’s opposition parties and civil society organisations as well as begin the process of Article 96 consultation with the Gambia’s tyrannical government. At a recent […]
My Beef With Captain Bunja Darboe
By Kinteh Too unsubstantiated and too late. I read through this piece and at the end of it, felt very disappointed with our former men in uniform. Firstly, it is very apologetic. Every second paragraph, begins with what Bunja dued to the man, followed by regrets about the reincarnation of his […]
Gambian Security Witch-hunts Prominent GDC Member
By Abdoulie John The Gambia government has launched a ‘systematic campaign of harassment’ targeting former parliamentarian Tina Faal who has turned her back to the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) and joined newly formed Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) party. She has been released from police custody, having been slapped with […]
The Lawyer Ousainou Darboe You Do Not Know
By Sheriff Kora Any Gambian mindful of the political developments in the country is aware of how a few half-baked, unsophisticated politicians with less regard for good governance and the rights of man have systematically threatened the idea of freedom once cherished and familiar to us all. Despite the regime […]
Gambians in UK Damn Lawyer Darboe’s Conviction
By Baba Jobe It was Friday afternoon when I emerged from the Charing Cross tube station. I had just disembarked from a Northern Line sparsely filled train heading to Edgeware. I had travelled from the northwest of England to attend a protest organised by Gambian human rights activists to highlight […]
Pressure Mounts On Gambia As ‘Pre-electoral Climate Darkens’
By Abdoulie John Pressure is mounting on the Gambia governmemt to free jailed opposition leader and dozens of his supporters. “ARTICLE 19 is gravely concerned by the ongoing attacks on civic space, the imprisonment of opposition leader, Ousainou Darboe, two of his family members, and 25 opposition party supporters, and by allegations of torture […]
GDC Leader Picks On Jammeh
The leader of Gambia Democratic Congress has refused to fall for the narrative that his new party is an offshoot of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction President Yahya Jammeh. Mamma Kandeh, a disgruntled former APRC candidate for Jimara constituency in the Upper River Region, described such a […]
Gambians Set For Anti-Jammeh Protest
Gambians and friends of the Gambia have been invited to yet another anti-Jammeh protest in the German city of Bremen. The peaceful protest, which aims to bring President Yahya Jammeh’s gross human rights violations and president crackdown on his political opponents, kicks off on August 13 at 14:00 hrs. Organisers […]
SI Denounces Gambian Opposition Leader’s Sentencing
SI denounces the sentencing of opposition leader in The Gambia The Socialist International firmly denounces and condemns the sentencing of Ousainou Darboe, leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) of Gambia, an SI member party, along with 18 other party members and sympathisers, to 3 years imprisonment, having been […]
Why Am I Speaking Now
By Bunja Darboe I am not a politician and I am not a tribalist. Though I have some little knowledge about politics but I have always distanced my myself from political wrangling. Thomas Sankara once said: “A soldier without any political knowledge is a virtuous criminal”. So I have some […]