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Jafuru Mansa Jakut and His Cheer Leaders

By: Saul Saidykhan In Manding folklore, Jafuru is the trauma one goes through symbolized by nervous or emotional break down accompanied by a combination of Freudian cum hallucinatory revelations by that person. In the olden days, it’s often associated with witches that had overstepped their bounds by attacking those they […]

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How Fact-checking Exposes Jammeh

A fact-check on Yahya Jammeh’s televised meeting with the so-called African Bar Association at State House on Tuesday has proven that Gambian leader is economical with the truth. 1) Defeated President Jammeh seriously erred when he compared the Upper River Region town of Garawol to Serrekunda in terms of population. […]

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POSITION OF THE CHILD PROTECTION ALLAINCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POSITION   OF   THE   CHILD   PROTECTION   ALLAINCE   ON   THE   CURRENT POLITICAL  STALMATE IN THE GAMBIA The Child Protection Alliance (CPA) is a child rights coalition which promotes respect for therights of children, enhances capacity of frontline child protectors and professionals, engagesin research and advocates for policy and legal […]

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Jammeh Charge-Sheet And Possible Pardon

“Sir Dawda Jawara lives peacefully in Gambia and so can Jammeh,” says His Excellency President-Elect Barrow. Presidential Pardon/Amnesty The question is whether President-Elect Barrow is prepared to offer Out-going President Yahya Jammeh a total and absolute Presidential Pardon? I think the need for a “Presidential Pardon” is why Jammeh went […]

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How Is Mugabe A Unifying Figure In Zimbabwe?

It is indeed true that ‘Silence in the midst of adversity does not represent peace, but fear’. Such a ‘fear’ is carried out by members of President Mugabe’s Liberation Movement, Zimbabwe African Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). Their fear to stand up against the thirty-six year ruler has reached disturbing levels. This former liberation […]

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Senegalese Transport Union Threatens Boycott If Jammeh Remains Adamant

Senegalese transport union leaders have added their voice on the Gambia’s political crisis orchestrated by the outgoing President Yahya Jammeh, threatening to boycott trans-Gambia highway if the defeated leader remains adamant. In an unprecedented show of courage and defiance, Gambian civil society organizations and institutions have been speaking up on […]