Natives of Jarra traveled to Reading in the United Kingdom on Saturday, August 8th, to take part in the formation of Jarra Association in UK. In his inaugural address, Kebba Nfally Darbo, who had been instrumental on the need for his people to associate, said the goal is to “reignite […]
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Update On Detained As Castor
Detention of M/V AS CASTOR AT Conakry, Republic of Guinea on 3rd June 2015 – Update to MSC Customers AS Castor, a vessel chartered by MSC was boarded upon arrival at Conakry, Guinea on 3rd June 2015. Acting on prior information which they are understood to have received from police […]
Jammeh Putting The Cart Before The Horse
By Dodou Jawneh Congratulate Jammeh for what? It looks like another case of Jammeh paving the road to hell with good intentions. Those who salute this move of releasing prisoners and giving so-called amnesty to Gambian dissidents are creating a new, dangerous and another naive front for Jammeh’s propaganda machine […]
Opportunity Or Peril, Gambia At A Crossroad
By Karamba Touray The legal, active and registered opposition political parties in the Gambia individually and in the aggregate have reached a fork on the road and they must make a historic and consequential decision that will result in either an opportunity for the Gambian people to renew their faith […]
Gaddafi’s Son Sentenced To Death
A court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution. More than 30 close associates of Col Gaddafi were tried for suppressing peaceful protests during the uprising. Saif al-Islam was not […]
Jammeh Gets Letter From Grave
Today, July 22, 2015, is President Yahya Jammeh’s twenty-first anniversary in power. To mark this day, the numerous Gambians murdered under the Jammeh regime are crying out for justice in a joint letter to West Africa’s King of Impunity. These victims, who are tired of waiting for justice, have expressed […]
Open Letter To President Jammeh
By Baba Galleh Jallow July 23, 2015 Dear Mr. President, I am writing this open letter to you in direct response to your speech of July 22, 2015 granting amnesty to several categories of people, including those convicted of treason in The Gambia and those members of the Gambian Diaspora […]
President Jammeh Pardons Convicts
Despite exercising prerogative of mercy on several categories of convicted prisoners, Gambian President vowed that anyone who stains his government’s image will face severe consequences. President Yahya Jammeh made the statement at the Arch 22 in Banjul during celebrations marking 21 years of the July 22 military takeover. He said […]
Gambia Movement’s July 22 Message
The People’s Movement for Democratic Gambia’s 2015 July 22 Message To Fellow Gambians Another July 22 upon us! This is 21 years and counting! Another Public Holiday! Another Celebration! Yet again tax resources of poor farm-families are put to the entertainment of Yahya and his cliques. Now more than ever we […]
The Holy Qur’an And The Ethics Of Fasting
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh The Qur’an reminds us that fasting is promulgated upon us as it was promulgated upon the nations before us so that we get piety (taqwa). Similarly it enunciates clearly that the Qur’an was revealed on a blessed night-Night of Power in the holy month of […]
Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners
In this one hour documentary, BBC has conducted search for the forgotten Britain Slave Owners. The video tries to locate the identities of those slave owners who were compensate huge sums of money. These families were compensated up to £17 billion to free their slaves. This is a must-watch documentary […]
Urgent Action Needed As Radio Director’s Whereabouts Remain Unknown
The managing director the Gambian Radio Station Teranga FM, Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay, was taken on 2 July by two men and since then his whereabouts are unknown. Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay is the managing director of Teranga FM an independent Gambian radio station which has been targeted in the past for […]