Marx? The paradox is that, if you reverse most of your indictment laid out to make a case for the so-called “Jola hegemony”, and Superimpose it over the First Republic under President Jawara, it would fit like a glove. My concern is that of Marginalization, Prejudicial and Stereotypical attitudes, believes […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
Yahya Jammeh Still Counting Losses
With only two days left in office, Yahya Jammeh still thinks he can keep the Presidential Crown. Instead of accepting defeat and allow everyone to breathe air of peace, Jammeh stays awake brainstorming on how to execute his plots. He declared public statement upon statement aimed at conflicting the Gambian […]
Democracy Versus Dictatorship: How Yahya Jammeh Can Avoid Reenacting The Battle Of Marathon In The Gambia
By Ayodele Ameen, Executive Director, HURIDAC The political impasse in the Gambia has attracted the inputs of many commentators with different interpretation of the unfolding events. Outgoing President Yahya Jammeh has decided not to relinquish power despite the result of the election which he lost. Many political analysts and mind readers […]
Dog Bite Kills President-Elect’s Son
The eight-year-old son of the Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has died after he was bitten by a dog in Manjai Kunda. Habibu Barrow’s untimely death comes few days before his father’s inauguration on January 19th. After attending the Franco-Africa Summit in Mali, Adama Barrow was flown to Senegal. The ECOWAS […]
Liberia’s Sirleaf Accuses Jammeh Of ‘Ruse’
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has told the BBC that Gambian President Yahya Jammeh played a “ruse” on her by recording a telephone conversation between the two leaders and broadcasting it later on national TV. During the call Mr Jammeh said he had filed an injunction at the supreme court […]
What Gambian Military Need To Do
FOR THE FIRST TIME, PERHAPS, NOT THE LAST Gambia’s Security Personnel: To our Gambian brothers and sisters in the Security Forces. We the Gambian people are aware that you are wearing that uniform because of the love you have for our country, your country, The Gambia. We also know that […]
Gambia Military Witch-Hunt Begins; 2 Captains Picked Up
Kairo News has confirmed the beginning of the Gambia’s outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s witch-hunt aimed at military officers at Fajara Barracks. The unexplained arrest and detention of Captains Bubacarr Bah and Demba Baldeh, according to their colleagues, is a calculated attempt by the desperate Jammeh regime to “kill the morale […]
Army Detains Barrow’s Security
A security escort of the Gambia’s President-elect remains in detention since his last week’s arrest and detention. Famara Jassey, a former Lieutnant of the Gambia National Army, was on Thursday picked up by military officers while at work at Senegambia Beach Hotel where he serves as the Chief Security Officer. […]
ECOWAS Must Not Flinch on Gambia Intervention
By Baba Galleh Jallow Following their failure to convince Yahya Jammeh to step down, one hopes that ECOWAS will not flinch from its determination to force Yahya Jammeh out of power. Certainly, no one likes violent conflict, not least the Gambian people themselves. But the reality is that Yahya Jammeh […]
A MODEST PLEA TO PRESIDENT JAMMEH
BY SIDI N. BOJANG A MODEST PLEA TO PRESIDENT YAYA JAMMEH AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE GAMBIA: WAGE THE MORAL EQUIVALENCE OF PEACE AND NOT… As the saying goes, “now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of… their… you fill in the […]
Gloom – And Hope – Over The Gambia
Friday 13th January 2017 – Banjul, The Gambia. Out-Going President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia sends packing Presidents Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and President Buhari of Nigeria. The two were accompanied by Ghana’s just voted-out President – as an […]
‘Don’t Lose Barrow’s Inauguration Momentum’
A prominent Gambian activist has called on the Transition Team of President-elect Adama Barrow to redouble their “vigilance and determination” as the countdown to the inauguration becomes close. Assan Martin wants the team to keep up the inaugural momentum. “The Coalition needs to take up the momentum as the defeated […]