UK Government Urged to Act on Gambian Head Teacher`s Arrests, others Foreign Secretary receives CHRG`s appeal for action British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is being urged to press the Gambian government to release Head teacher Lamin Camara, Imam Cherno Gassama,Imam Ousman Sawaneh,Imam Sheikh Omar Colley and others, drop all charges […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
Capital FM Dumps Civil Engagement
With a mere text message, Capital FM management announced the dumping of its flagship popular programme. Civil Engagement Hour, which airs from betwern 7 and 8 PM on Wednesday, has become popular in The Gambia and beyond. The programme had been running on regular schedule until everything took a nose-dive […]
Capital FM Denies Darboe Airtime; Cites “Administrative Hiccups”
Capital FM Radio station last night denied the leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) the opportunity to answer questions on his party’s programmes, with the radio management reportedly blaming development on “administrative hiccups.” Lawyer Ousainou Darboe had earlier accepted invitation to appear on the Kairaba Avenue based […]
Hamat Berates Jammeh’s FGM Ban
Hamat Bah, the leader of the National Reconciliation Party, has described as “inappropriate” the decision of President Jammeh to ban FGM in The Gambia. Last month, the Gambian leader made a policy pronouncement at a meeting in his home village, Kanilai, banning the practice in the country citing numerous health […]
As Jammeh Revives Witchcraft Threats, Panic, Fear Grip Dobong
Panic, fear and uncertainty hang over residents of Foni Kansala village of Dobong where President Yahya Jammeh reportedly vows to revive his witch hunting exercise. Angered by the sudden death of his aunt in 2009, The Gambia’s voodoo-laden leader blamed it on witches and soon hired foreign witch hunters to […]
Fighting With Himself: Jammeh vs His Colonial Mentality
By Baba Galleh Jallow African independence is questioned not only because of its tragi-comic performance as a mediocre imperial spectacle at which imperial power purports to grant “the status and dignity” of a nation to a former colony. African independence is mainly questioned because of the colonial mentality of African […]
Diack Exonerates President Sall
Paris (AFP) – Former world athletics chief Lamine Diack denies helping fund Senegal president Macky Sall’s election campaign in 2012, his lawyers said on Saturday. Diack has been charged in France with accepting Russian bribes to cover up positive drugs tests when he was president of the International Association of […]
‘Human Rights Road Still Bumpy’
Despite significant gains in the promotion, development and protection, the road to human rights “is still bumpy.” Those were the words of Mustapha Manneh, the Chief Executive Officer of Their Voices Must Be Heard. Find below Mr. Manneh’s colourful presentation at Kartong Central Market on Friday. The statement was culled […]
Islamic State: AG Advised To Retract
Below is the letter written by Halifa Sallah, Secretary General of PDOIS, to the Attorney General on the unconstitutional declaration of Gambia as an Islamic republic by President Yahya Jammeh at a recent political rally at Brufut attended by APRC party militants: SUBJECT: ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION OF THE GAMBIA […]
Putin Will Nuke ISIS – Soon!
Sounds crazy? Unfortunately, the logic of the Syrian war and the involvement (and financial/political investment) of various nations point to the logical conclusion, from Russia’s point of view, of the nuclear option. These are some of the reasons:- Putin and his people were shocked when 224 of their […]
Jammeh Should Be Impeached If…
The dust over President Yahya Jammeh’s proclamation of The Gambia as an Islamic State continues to rise, with the opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism calling for his (the President’s) impeachment if he begins to implement the unilateral Brufut Declaration. Read below a statement penned by the party’s […]
Cheat Sheet: Is President Sall Clean?
Astonishing claim that over $1.6 million in drug doping bribes from Russia funded the sitting Senegalese President’s election campaign has left dark cloud hanging over Macky Sall, the man who is seen as one of Africa’s darling democrats. What makes the allegations so striking is that the man sounding the […]