PRESS RELEASE Special Delegation Visits Sierra Leone A two-man delegation, comprising the Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, Honourable Demba Ali Jawo and the Director General of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Mr. Ousman Sowe, has just returned from a two-day visit to Sierra Leone as special envoys of President […]
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The Young Lion That Roars No More
Tribute to the former Secretary General of the African National Congress Youth League By Rhulani Thembi Siweya, ANCYL NEC Memeber Last night as I was about to retire to bed, I received the sad news of the passing away of our former ANC YL Secretary General, Comrade Sindiso Magaqa. Once […]
Open Letter to Pastor Forbes
Pastor, I have been a keen follower of your weekly TV talk show, Discovering Truth, and let me use this opportunity to recognize and appreciate the invaluable knowledge and wise counsel you impart to the viewers, through this program, on various issues bordering not only on religion, but also pertinent […]
Interview With The Lawyer Who Is Now Pursuing ex-Gambian Dictator
Human rights lawyer Reed Brody became known for working with the victims of General Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Haitian ex-dictator Jean-Claude (“Baby Doc”) Duvalier. More recently, Brody was counsel for victims of former Chadian dictator, Hissène Habré, who, after an interminable struggle, was sentenced by a special African court […]
Gambia Mulls Over 3-Children Policy
The Gambia government will consider the three-year child policy proposed by some parliamentarians of the regional economic grouping ECOWAS. Backed by some parliamentarians from Mauritania and Chad, the one woman three-children policy is meant to control rapid population growth as well as spark economic prosperity in the West Africa region. […]
Yahya Jammeh’s Madness Exposed
I think the entire Gambia is now discovering, with great discomfort, the perverse nature of the Head of government that ruled over us for the last 22 uninterrupted years. No sane person will make any sense of what Jammeh had been doing with our country’s resources. Even his ardent supporters, […]
No License, No Oil Exploration
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Information Minister has debunked claims that Africa Petroleum still has the exploration rights on blocks A1 and A4. Minister Demba Jawo debunked assertions made by Africa Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Jens Pace that his company’s 7-year license has not expired. “What happened with Africa Petroleum […]
‘Senegalese Kids Weren’t Expelled’
By Abdoulie John The Gamba’s Immigration Chief has disputed news floating in town that dozens of Senegalese youths were expelled from the Gambia. “Fifty seven youngsters ranging in age from 11 to 16 years were taken to the border with Senegal,” Buba Sagnia told Kairo News. The move forms part […]
Yahya Jammeh’s Brother Under Fire
The brother of former President Yahya Jammeh yesterday appeared before the commission of inquiry. Ansumana Jammeh served as the Gambia’s Ambassador to Qatar, held various senior positions and own shares in companies belonging to his Equatorial Guinea exiled brother. The commission – headed by Lawyer Surahata Janneh – is looking at […]
What Mama Kandeh Must Know
When the leader of opposition Gambia Democractic Congress (GDC) was pedaling allegations that ministers of the Coalition government embezzled donor funds he didn’t realise how he had weakened his political career. Mama Kandeh would have been a political darling had he substantiated what turned out to be “wild allegations.” His […]
Poor Ghanaian’s Miraculous Hajj
Al-Hassan Abdullah, a poor Ghanaian villager whose story went viral on Turkish social media when he asked a TV crew if “a drone can take him to Mecca” has traveled to the Muslim holy land courtesy of the Foreign Ministry and charities. Abdullah had naively asked a Turkish film crew […]
Extradite Ousman Sonko Or Else …
If the Gambia government is not seeking extradition of Ousman Sonko (former Interior Minister under Yahya Jammeh) as it seems to have been confirmed by Abubacarr Ba Tambadou, then he (Tambadou) must resign. The pronouncement that the Gambia is not seeking Sonko’s extradition is preposterous by all accounts. These are […]