Author: Musa Saidykhan

Politics

Gambian Security Seize IEC HQ

The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred from entering. President Yahya Jammeh initially conceded defeat to Adama Barrow in […]

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GYU Defends Will Of Gambian Voters

Gambia Youth for Unity Stands in Solidarity with the Will of The Gambian Electorate The Gambia Youth for Unity (GYU) joins patriotic Gambians both at home and in the diaspora in condemning outgoing President Yaya Jammeh’s televised statement rejecting the outcome of the December 1st Presidential elections. Yaya Jammeh had previously lauded the Gambian electoral process as […]

Society

OPEN LETTER TO EX-PRESIDENT JAMMEH

Dear Mr ex-president, I wish to inform you Mr Ex-President that the Gambian people have given you the opportunity to govern them for the past 22years which in itself is remarkable looking at the activities and programmes that you engage yourself and your government in. I believe that you have […]

Society

Why Jammeh Never Surprises Me

I’m not and will never be surprised with anything the Kanilai KILLER DEVIL does or says. He will do anything even when he stands to lose. A consistent behaviour pattern of a psychopath. Tell me, which defeated outgoing head of state will promote 49 soldiers who are all indoctrinated personnel […]

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President-elect Barrow Meets ECOWAS, UN Mediators

Today, President-elect Barrow and the Coalition Strategy Committee (CSC), shall receive and hold closed-door consultation with visiting Heads of States from Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Special Envoy of the U.N Secrerary-General to West Africa. The only internationally recognized legitimate Authority in The Gambia continues to conduct international […]

Politics

Jammeh Commits Treasonable Offence

President Yahya Jammeh’s statement announcing the annulment of December 1st presidential election has been greeted with mountains of condemnations. The Gambia’s Bar Association said the action is tantamont to treason under the provisions of Section 6(1) of the 1997 Constitution. Read below the Bar Association’s statement read by interim president […]

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ECOWAS Mediators Landed In Banjul

The mediation team of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) this evening arrived in the Gambian capital Banjul, ahead of Tuesday’s talks with the outgoing President Yahya Jammeh and leaders of the incoming opposition coalition. The team that is in Banjul to tame President Jammeh or else face […]

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Gambia’s Electoral Chief Warns Jammeh

Gambia’s electoral commission chief Alieu Momar Njie has warned President Yahya Jammeh against his bid to overturn the election result. Mr Njie told the veteran ruler that his U-turn after conceding defeat will not change the fact that he lost to property developer Adama Barrow. “The election results were correct, […]

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Coalition Tells Jammeh To Pack Up

A spokesman for the opposition coalition backing Gambia’s president-elect on Monday called on the outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately. At a press conference, Lawyer Mai Ahmad Fatty said Mr. Jammeh’s last week’s statement rejecting and nullifying the December 1st election results were unconstitutional. Mai Ahmad Fatty, the […]

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Bar Association Calls For Court Boycott

The Gambia Bar Association has jumped into President Yahya Jammeh’s sponsored crime of nullifying the results of the country’s presidential elections. The association speaks loudly and clearly. Not only the Bar condemns Yahya Jammeh for his attempt to subvert the legitimate decision of the Gambian people, it also rejects the […]