Seven Gambian diplomats have been jailed after being found guilty of running a tax-dodging tobacco scam out of the Gambian embassy in London. Judge Michael Gledhill at London’s Southwark Crown Court said the embassy workers had breached the trust of the president and people of Gambia after cheating British taxpayers […]

From the spring of this year to date CORDEG has been involved in a number activities and exploratory works in promoting our aims and objects. International/Diplomatic: CORDEG was represented at the Brussels EU/AFRICA summit planned protest Match in April 2014.Although the protest as originally conceived did not take place, because […]

European Union officials have reportedly dismissed the Gambia government’s accusations linking the regional bloc’s aid to homosexuality. “We are aware of the statement by the Gambia Foreign Minister’s intention to end dialogue with the EU,” a source close to the EU told Kairo News. “The EU does not link its […]

By Sainey Faye Remembering Nelson Mandela – A great Revolutionary Leader (Born : July 18, 1918 – Died : December 5th, 2013) Some famous words of wisdom, from one of Africa’s greatest revolutionaries of the twentieth century. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, […]

Mambanyick Njie freed (story courtesy of the Standard) Mambanyick Njie yesterday walked home a free man as the magistrates court in Banjul acquitted and discharged him after two years of legal battle. Mr Njie was in 2012 relieved of his position as permanent secretary, ministry of Youth and Sports, and […]

The editor of the weekly Bendré newspaper has become the head of Burkina Faso’s  Natonal Transition Committee. Cherif Moumina Sy occupied the position after defeating Ibrahim Koné in a contest last week. The council’s 90 members comprises of 30 opposition politicians, 25 civil society representatives, 10 members of the ousted […]

At a ceremony presided over by the President of the ECOWAS Commission Kadre Desire Ouedrago at its headquarters in Abuja, ECOWAS and its partners have on Wednesday 26th November launched an economic integration an trade support programme worth over 40million Euros. To be implemented in a three-year span by UN […]

By Papa Kumba Loum I do not have any personal grudge(s) against Mr Sabally despite that fact that I probably think that he has an exaggerated sense of his intelligence and importance. My point has always been that many Gambians and especially those who join the Jammeh government are hypocrites, […]

The strange bed-fellowship between diaspora activist and the conveyor-belt style victims of President Jammeh is becoming an emotionally charged partnership. Former Daily Observer Managing Director, Dida Halake lead the cries with the call for Sabbaly to be freed by appealing to the high office of Gambian born head of the […]

The controversy over the recent unfortunate event in Senegal concerning the Gambian entrepreneur Mr. Amadou Samba and those identified as Anti-President Jammeh’s activists, once again puts the Senegalese government on the spotlight of being suspected of encouraging these elements beyond what is reasonable or tolerable. However, I at first thought […]

By Karamba  Touray The largest constituency in The Gambia has always been the one opposed to the regime of Yahya Jammeh. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact as shown in the last measure of his standing with The Gambian people in the previous general election when […]