Article 19’s Fatou Jagne Senghore Speaks Out Following the repressive events of April 14th and 17th when one Gambian opposition party leader was tortured to death and nearly all the executive members of the party were arrested and taken to court to be slammed seven charges related to peaceful protest march. “…..The Gambian-born […]
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The Video That Defines True Jammeh
President Yahya Jammeh is caught red-handed exercising his dictatorial tendency in a secret video. Gambian President barks at members of combined security members of Operation The leader who digs his finger into everything Gambian is heard barking ‘Stand at ease, attention’. The video, obtained by Kairo News, gives an insight […]
The Schemes Of Halifa Sallah
By Bajaw Fellows, I think the issue is as clear as midday in Gambia; Halifa could never be president after formation of PDOiS this is why Sedia was used as first leadership candidate to clear the ground to do the foundation laying for establishment; after the bandit junta’s illegitimate overthrow […]
Gambia: Crackdown And Brutal Repression Ahead Of Elections
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Gambia: Crackdown and brutal repression in run up to elections Authorities in Gambia must free dozens of political prisoners and end the brutal crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly ahead of elections later this year or face suspension from the Economic […]
Gambians Listed On Panama Papers
Before 3rd April 2016 it seemed people the world over had heard of the name Ramon Fonseca, much, much less in the small, remote and isolated west African pariah state of The Gambia. When I made a call of randomly collected list of names of locally based Gambian journalists whose […]
PDOIS Is An Agent Of Dictatorship
By MAX In this write up , My goal is to find out why people’s democratic organization for independence and socialism ( PDOIS) became an agent of military dictatorship for the past 22 years despite their rhetoric in Gambia’s political dispensation. Pdois as a political party portray itself as not […]
Darboe And Co Contest Bail Denial
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and nineteen others yesterday appeared at the Court of Appeal in Banjul, appealing against the bail ruling of Justice O. Ottaba of the Special Criminal Court. The Court of Appeal is presided over by a three-member panel of judges headed by the president, Justice Edrissa Fafa M’bai. Darboe […]
A FALLEN HERO – EBRIMA SOLO SANDENG – Gambia’s Steve Biko
A FALLEN HERO – EBRIMA SOLO SANDENG – Gambia’s Steve Biko By Ebraima Manneh, Former UDP Senior Administrative Secretary When the news that Solo Sandeng, had died in custody reached me I received it with a great deal of skepticism and incredulity. Solo cannot die. He was too active, too […]
Disagreement Over Jurisdiction In April 14 Protest Case
News just in highlighting that, protesters Legal defence team Decline to Travel to Mansakonko for the April 14 protest hearing today. The issue of disagreement is about Jurisdiction of the alleged crime. The incident did not happen in Mansakonko territory. The Chief Justice is said to be already notified by […]
Is Transgambia Route Opened Or Still Closed?
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The Great Defiance Must Continue!
The ongoing drama that is unfolding in The Gambia, is one that can end in either of two ways: explode into a violent encounter and bloody clamp-down; or an embarrassing back-down by dictator Yaya Jammeh’s forces of darkness and repression leading to the soaring of spirits among the opposition that […]
Busted: Another Evil NIA Exposed
Journalist Fabakary Ceesay has got this short description of a very evil and wicked National Intelligence Agency officer based at the Mile 2 central prisons. He is said to be nasty to the peaceful protest prisoners and never show any remorse or care when dealing with them. His pathological hatred against them […]