State House, Banjul, 27 December 2017 – President Adama Barrow has concluded a six day state visit to the Peoples Republic of China which further strengthen bilateral relations between The Gambia and China. The two countries have signed bilateral cooperation to support The Gambia in the areas of investment and […]
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Barrow: China Is Very Serious With Our Relationship
Gambian President Adama Barrow has praised the Chinese government for being very serious with his country’s relationship. He says this evidence is demonstrated by signing of cooperation in many areas of development. In an exclusive interview with CCTN TV shortly before concluding a week-long China trip, President Barrow sees China […]
What I Hate In New Gambia!
Irrespective of our differences in ideology, culture, religion or ethnicity, Gambians on December 1st 2016 weathered the storm by defeating the man who hanged yoke of brutality on our necks. Defeating Yahya Jammeh – the man who singlehandedly decided who survived, tortured, disappeared and lived, claimed to have owned the […]
Lawyer Darboe Deserves Better!
I am flabbergasted by the silly and childish accusation directed by Billingar Maccarthy against the foreign minister Honourable Ousainou Darboe. In his post on the Freedom newspaper Billingar Maccarthy blamed Ousainou Darboe for Gambia’s unsuccessful bid for the Presidency of ECOWAS because he (Ousainou Darboe) doesn’t speak French. That is […]
The Role Of Jammeh’s 22 Years Of Authoritarian Durability In The Gambia
By Lamin Keita NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT AFRICEM, A RESEARCH FORUM THAT FOCUSES ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES. It is important to consider how Yahya Jammeh’s authoritarian system was able to exist in The Gambian politics for 22 years—from 1994-to-2016. The entrenchment of authoritarian durability has usually […]
A Week Of Unjust Attack On Barrow
I found a week of barrage of unjust, negative personal media attacks on our president as very disturbing. President Adama Barrow has been personally accused and attacked of everything that does not favour his critics. Comments such as “it is the President’s fault; Barrow is inconsistent; Barrow is not in […]
US Freezes Jammeh’s Assets
The Gambia’s exiled dictator Yahya Jammeh and his former spy agency director Yankuba Badjie are among 13 human rights abusers and corrupt actors who have had their assets frozen and slapped with sanctions. This news, which will be greeted with applause in the Gambia, is contained in a statement issued […]
Gambia, Germany Sign No Deportation Order
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described as “false” that the Gambia government signed a deportation order with their Germany counterpart. Read below the press release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry: It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the […]
OJ Sets Bad Precedent
Three facts stand out concerning the brouhaha over the appointment of the Permanent Secretary 1 at the Ministry of Agriculture: that Minister Omar Amadou Jallow has set a bad precedent, Secretary General Dawda Fadera is spineless and that the Personnel Management Office officials watch like zombies while Civil Service tradition is […]
Bill Should Ban Amnesties for Most Serious Crimes
Gambia: Truth Commission to Uncover Jammeh Abuses Bill Should Ban Amnesties for Most Serious Crimes (Banjul, December 12, 2017) – Gambia’s truth commission bill, to be debated on December 13, 2017, is an important opportunity to shed light on human rights violations committed during the rule of former President Yahya […]
Why It’s Crucial To Remember 12/2
“Selective civic education” is not civic education in the sense of educating an entire society but instead it becomes propaganda and a control mechanism of peoples´ mind. In a society like ours, civil education must be holistic and not selective if people are to be aware and gain knowledge and […]
Protest Against African Enslavement
PEOPLE SAY THAT SLAVES WERE TAKEN FROM AFRICA. THIS IS NOT TRUE. PEOPLE WERE TAKEN FROM AFRICA AND WERE MADE INTO SLAVES. I want to inform the general public that, there will be a massive demonstration at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hage on Friday the 15th of […]