Gambia Consultative Council Press Release GCC rejects amnesty as ridiculous; calls for release of all prisoners and more On July 23rd, 2015, Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh began releasing prisoners from some of the worst prisons in Africa. On the same day, President Barack Obama left Washington, DC. for second trip to […]
Politics
Clemency Doesn’t End The Struggle
In his weekly social media posting dubbed This Week In The Struggle, Omar Joof touched on a wide range of issues, including the dangers attached to monopolisation of Power. The former President of Gambia Student Union also harped on President Yahya Jammeh’s impromptu clemency pronouncement, which according to him, is […]
Shame On Cheap Gambian MPs
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang in The Netherlands You took oath to protect the interest of your arious constituencies to represent your people who sacrificed and voted you into office. It is a big disgrace for members of parliament to let themselves be manipulated by President Jammeh anytime, anyhow and anywhere he […]
Gambia 21 Years On: Nothing To Celebrate
22 July 2015 marks the 21st anniversary of Yaya Jammeh’s rise to power in Gambia. Since then, activists, journalists and political opponents have lived in fear. Alioune Tine reflects on what the anniversary means to him. Today, 22 July 2015, as a human rights defender and as a West African, […]
PDOIS: Election Bill Is Unconstitutional
15 July 2015 REF: SH(1)/7/2015 THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA STATE HOUSE BANJUL SUBJECT: THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MOTION ON THE ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2015 INTRODUCED BY THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE The dictates of National duty, as a major stakeholder in the political process and […]
Gambia Gov’t Taken To Task In Geneva
The Gov’t.Of The Gambia Taken To Task In Geneva. Part Two On 18th and 19th June 2015, Mr. Christof Heyns, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, participate in the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. He address the Council to present his latest activities […]
‘Election Amendment Bill Is An Insult’
Gambian political activist has described the enactment of the Election Amendment Bill by the National Assembly on July7th as both “insulting and provocative.” The beseiged ruling APRC deputies overwhelmingly voted in favour of a law that restricts participation of opposition in elections. The said law, among others, hiked fees for […]
Warning to Gambians about deception and destruction of Yaya Jammeh
By Sarjo Bayang President Jammeh describes politics as dirty lies and dishonesty still wants to be politician In his deceitful attempts to blind Gambians from the truth Yaya Jammeh called politics as everything dirty, lies and most dishonest occupation. At that time soon after dislodging a lawfully elected government by […]
Take Your Hands Off The Economy, Mr. President
By Baba Jobe Since coming to power in 1994, Yahya Jammeh has been ruling the Gambia with a firm hand characterised by gross rights violations of human and total disregard for the constitution. His lack of respect for the constitution means he exercises executive powers even where/and when they are […]
Massacre: Former Guinea Leader Indicted
Guinean former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara has been indicted in over a 2009 massacre in Conakry, his lawyer has told AFP news agency. More than 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters at the capital’s main stadium. Women there were raped and […]
Deputies Legislate Infamous Electoral Bill
Secretary General Lamin Nyabally/ JollofNews image The Gambia’s rubber-stamping National Assembly this evening passed into law the infamous Electoral Amendment Bill that aims to throw out opposition from participating in elections. The controversial bill, tabled by Secretary General Lamin Nyabally, was passed by the ruling APRC deputies with slight amendments. […]
‘IEC Needs To Engage All Stakeholders’
The opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has warned against “the attempt to use parliamentary majority to subvert the letter and spirit of a constitution and strangulate the Independence of an electoral Commission by statute is a canker worm aimed at derailing the democratisation process and the empowerment […]