By Mai Kanyi The cliquish regime of Yahya Jammeh and the APRC became the object of contempt in the Gambia for its illegitimacy and record of misrule coupled with harsh survival tactics. The regime became dependent on ferocious repression, executive lawlessness and impunity to enforce the iron-fisted control it imposed […]

By Modou Lamin Korta, London, United Kingdom The Gambia has experienced the worst moment of its history since it attained independence from Great Britain in 1965. It all started with a military junta that forced its way into power. President Yahya Jammeh ascended to power through the barrel of the […]

Gambian Protests Put Jammeh’s Human Rights Record Into The International Spotlight Photo illustration by Aaron Leaf. by Jeffrey Smith Imagine being brutally assaulted by police simply for exercising your constitutional right to public assembly. Imagine later being apprehended by your country’s notorious riot police, along with dozens of your friends, […]

By Edrissa Ken-Joof “A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.” Andrew O’Hagan Being a breed of globalization where I might align my thinking to a statement once said by George Santayana that: “to me, it seems a dreadful […]

At the Gambia High court today, family members of detained and jailed peaceful protesters called for their immediate and unconditional release. In attendance today are large numbers of supporters and those offering solidarity. The Gambia High Court in Banjul is now a venue for resistances and chanting of songs of […]

By Gambiano Mr. Halake, Your fantasies, or perhaps orgies really provoke a response. Without being uncharitable to neither your person, nor your compulsions, I choose to be terse with diction today. “5 Things Senegal will gain by toppling Jammeh” isn’t from a Gambia-lover who is wary of collateral damage, decades […]

By Yero Jallow “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” –Nelson Mandela, Former ANC [African National Congress] Leader, South Africa. We do not have much politics going on anymore; the issue is beyond politics, […]

The National Resistance Movement of The Gambia has taken the government’s rule b excessive force culminated in the cold-blooded killing of some opposition activists to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands. Read below a press statement to that effect. DEMONSTRATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) (under […]

Ever since the National Assembly of The Gambia in year 2000 indemnified the security forces, especially those who took part in the massacre of their own Gambian brothers (armless students) on April 10 and 11through the Indemnity Act, Gambians became so fearful of you, the people they pay to maintain […]

By Dida Halake “The stars are aligned”, as astrologers and the superstitious might say: The Senegalese have endured 2 months of being re-routed around Gambia to reach their southern province; Gambians have endured 2 months of the border closure that has created scarcity of major goods in the country; And […]

Thousands of Senegalese on Friday joined Gambians to protest against President Yahya Jammeh’s use of excessive force on innocent civilians. The protest, held in the Senegalese capital Dakar, provided an opportunity for protesters to display Dictator Jammeh’s tyranny, which include enforced disappearance and cold-blood murders of his opponents. Placard holding […]

Jammeh And Al-Jazeera, Please Listen!!! By Gambiano Al-Jazeera was already in The Gambia around August/September of 2015 about to film. But they were asked to stop filming because their permit was revoked. And the subject of their mission, in the direct words of Journalist Catherine Soi? Simple! “To objectively report […]