September 29, 2016 The 2016 Gambia Opposition parties Banjul, the Gambia Dear Party Leaders RE: Coalition is the only viable strategy for change After 22 years of unbridled dictatorship and economic hardships, The Gambian people once more cry for collective leadership to rescue our country from its misery. For the […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
U.S. Strips Visas From Gambian Gov’t
U.S. strips visas from Gambian govt.; punishment for stopping DHS deportations By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times West African nation The Gambia has refused to accept nearly 2,000 people the U.S. is trying to deport, so the Obama administration has finally decided to pull the trigger and will deny […]
“ABUSE OF DISCRETION AT THE HIGH COURT IN BANJUL!”
By Gambian Outsider! On September 1st 2016, vacation judge, Orgar Edward Eneji of the High Court in Banjul denied Mrs. Sira Wally Ndow-Njai her second bail application. Mrs. Ndow-Njai’s lawyer is Ida Drammeh. Last week, Mrs. Ndow-Njai’s third bail application was dismissed. I neither know Mrs. Ndow-Njai nor lawyer Ida […]
Is Your Cup Half Empty, Half Full Or Overflowing?
We’ve heard it said time and time again: Perception is reality. How you see your life and what you believe are inseparably intertwined. The half-full/half empty glass question is a graphic depiction of how people see their world. We know that people who are optimists always say that the glass […]
Activists Want Exiled Interior Minister Probed
By Abdoulie John Calls are intensifying for a large scale investigation into the case of the Gambia’s former Interior Minister who fled to Europe following his removal from office. Ousman Sonko’s untimely exit has revived demands for victims of the Jammeh regime to get redress in a court of law. […]
The Rewards Of Healthy Savings
By Kemo Barrow Anyone who reads one of the most fantastic and outstanding books, Think and Grow Rich penned by Napolean Hill will have come across a chapter on the Principles of Budgeting your Time and Money. The chapter nails a coffin on the rewards one reaps from maintaing the Habit […]
How Commissioner Bojang Humiliated My Village Elders
It was the darkest day in the history of my Central River Region village of Sami. As soon as he arrived at the village “bantaba”, Major Momodou Bojang disrespectfully raised his foot and placed it on the village bantaba, vowing to deal with any villager who opposed the military junta […]
‘Don’t Turn Down Gambian Asylees’
European authorities have been urged to accommodate the human rights request of Gambian youths seeking asylum instead of turning them down their claims which tantamounts to avoiding the fundamental aspect of their human rights. The call was made by an erudite Gambian opposition activist. In his address to an opposition […]
Ousman Sonko, The Ungrateful Stranger
I concur with Femi Mahoney on his social media posting that “people often ignore the very crucial fact” that the fired Interior Minister who took to his heels before hell broke loose “Ousman Sonko, Yahya Jammeh and most of their fellow brutes have none or weaker family ties in the […]
EU Tells Gambia To Free Opposition Prisoners
EP delegation to The Gambia calls the government to release all protestors arrested in connection with the April protests Pres release Delegation composed of four members of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), David Martin (S&D, UK), Richard Howitt (S&D, UK), Judith Sargentini (Greens/EFA, NL) and Karol Karski […]
Ousman Sonko Seeks Asylum In Sweden
Swedish newspaper has reported the Gambia’s dismissed Minister of Interior sought asylum in Sweden upon arrival at the airport. Ousman Sonko was fired and replaced by Momodou Alieu Bah last week. He was reported to have handed himself over to the police. Mr. Sonko, a key ally of President Yahya […]
Can We Trust Elite African Leaders?
When the junta in 1994 announced they will rule for four years, it caused such an uproar that they have to blame the English grammar for the confusion. They said they meant For Years but not four years. The “u” was the confusion. They made restatement without duly admitting to […]