Saihou Omar Jeng, alias Sir Jeng, is the current Director of Operations of the National Intelligence Agency. He is a Kaur native who supervised the brutal torture of peaceful opposition protesters, resulting to the murder of Ebrima Solo Sandeng on April 15th. Even vulnerable married women were not spared the […]
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Imagined Nations
Baba Galleh Jallow African governments are fond of violently pouncing upon peaceful protesters and those who express dissenting opinion, sending them to jail and, in some cases, clobbering them to death, as happened with Solo Sandeng. Those who survive violent arrest and or torture are slapped with heavy charges, often invariably […]
Letter To Justice Dada
This letter is a religious and elderly advice to Justice Eunice O. Dada. Madam Justice Dada, You are a woman, a mother and a sister. You know very well that torture is unlawful in our constitution. You also know that the April 14th protesters were severely tortured and one of […]
UDP Leader’s Trial Marred By Legal Flaws
As Gambian opposition leader Ousainou Darboe and 19 other co-accused persons continue to stand trial in the absence of legal representation, calls are mounting from various quarters denouncing ‘a blatant abuse of due process.’ “There should not have been a trial,” the Secretary General of the Dakar-based RADDHO Aboubacry Mbodji […]
Abiding Fallacies
By Baba Galleh Jallow It is a tragic irony of African history that governments fail to develop their countries simply because they fail to develop their most abundant and most precious resources – their people. Following independence, most African governments physically stifled the development potentials of their countries by failing […]
Army Planning To Overthrow Buhari
By Oladele Hakeem The Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), a body of different militant groups has warned President Muhammadu Buhari about the army’s hatched plot to overthrow his government. The group made this known on Tuesday, June 21 while revealing that some top army officers are planning to sack […]
Brexit: Africans Are Told To Fix Their Broken Homes
By Suntou Bolonba Touray Brixit has provided lesson for Africans worldwide, especially to those who sit comfortably in the West [America and Europe] assuming they can ignore Africa’s fight for democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Being citizens of the West must not be used as a yardstick […]
UK PM To Quit As Citizens Leave EU
Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, he said “fresh leadership” was needed. The PM had urged the country to vote Remain but was defeated by 52% to 48% despite London, Scotland and […]
The Spotlight: Where Is Solo Sandeng?
By Yero Jallow “Solo Sandeng beh daawoodaa alaa bondee. Janko Solo Sandeng beh daawoodaa alaa bondee” (Captured from the songs of UDP supporters outside the Banjul courts calling for justice, June 2016). I find it unacceptable that after a complaint with the Gambian courts, the shameful Jammeh tyranny finally admitted to […]
Why Halifa Should Act On His Letter
My Brother Halifa Sallah, I would encourage you to go further and ACT on your letter. The final paragraph of your letter to the INJUSTICE Minister Mama Singnateh speak volumes and I quote: “We should all become concerned and without any desire to play to the gallery, speak and act […]
Life And Blood: Jammeh Must Go
Life and Blood on the line in the fight to end the Gambia’s brutal dictatorship. As revelations of the violence inflicted on May 9th peaceful protesters come to light, the people’s voices roar with resistance. These photos provide evidence of brutality meted out on the arrested defenceless citizens. The photos […]
Proceedings Of Protesters’ Trial
The sham trial of the United Democratic Party leadership and supporters Monday continued before mercenary judge Eunice Dada at the High Court in Banjul, with defendants maintaining their defiance to participate in their preconceived conviction. Today’s proceedings The first witness today was Fatoumata A Bah who lives at Kerr Sering, […]