Author: Musa Saidykhan

Politics

Once Upon A Time In Gambia

By Reuben Abati I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a two-day visit to the country. In the course of that visit, President Jonathan commissioned the new Chancery of the Nigerian Embassy in Banjul, and also […]

News

Caution For President Barrow

Caution Mr President! Please do not say any more on this [former President Yahya Jammeh dried state coffers] or any other matters until you get into office and can verify every information for yourself. We must remember that the current “government” or its remnants, is the construct of Yaya Jammeh […]

Politics

From Exile With Love

By Baba Galleh Jallow As I watched Yahya Jammeh get off of Gambian soil and step into the plane that carried him into exile, I felt heaviness in my chest and tears pouring uncontrollably down my face. No, they were not tears of joy at the fact that the tyrant […]

Society

THERE WAS NO DEAL ON JAMMEXIT

There was NO DEAL signed. What is being circulated was a DRAFT jointly prepared by Guinea Conakry and Mauritania. President Barrow received the said draft this afternoon and he rejected it outright. Both the President of the ECOWAS Commission Marcel Desouza and the Envoy of Qatar visited today for consultations […]

News

Jammeh Leaves Gambia For Guinea

The plane carrying the Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammeh’s has just left the country for Guinea. The outgoing President’s departure superceded his decision to declare what would be his last public announcement on national television, agreeing to relinguish power. Yahya Jammeh lost December 1st presidential election, conceded defeated and congratulated […]

Politics

President Barrow’s First Task

The First Task for the ‘Barrow Government’ – Release Political Prisoners My Suggestion We are looking forward to our brothers and sisters being released from illegal and unconstitutional and arbitrary arrest and detention without trial. Currently there are a number of our sons and daughters languishing in state orchestrated detention […]