Today June 10, 2016, marks two years after the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice found that the Gambian government failed to conduct a proper investigation into the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. Hydara who was the editor of The Point newspaper was gunned down in a drive-by shooting by unknown assailants on […]
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Bensouda Serves And Pleases Ibliss
By Unbiased Prince It is now obviously reaching the climax of epic proportion of being expected to comment and in as much as I did not anticipate of being drag into the sinister yet denigrating mind games of Mrs Bensoda’s culpable with the status quo of awfully felt beyond Banjul and […]
State V Ousainou Darboe And 19 Others
THE STATE V OUSAINOU DARBOE AND 19 OTHERS Transcript of proceedings of 9th June 2016. Before Justice Dada Case called APPEARANCE THE STATE SH BARKUM – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) MB M. B. ABUBAKAR – Deputy Director of Public Prosecution B DRAMMEH – Bubacarr Drammeh DPP: My Lord, this […]
President Sall Must Stop Appeasing Tyranny And Speak Up!
President Sall Must Stop Appeasing Tyranny and Speak Up! According to a Saturday 4th June publication of the Senegalese newspaper, the “Enquête,”a former member of the Jammeh’s presidential guard, Musa Sarr, narrowly escaped being abducted by agents of the Gambian secrete service to be taken across the border to face torture […]
Halifa: ‘Gambia Is At A Crossroads’
THE GAMBIA’S FUTURE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE Escalating tensions or a move towards an inclusive Democratic Secular Republic Issued On Behalf of The Central Committee by Halifa Sallah, Secretary General and Presidential Candidate 7 June 2016 The Gambia is at a crossroads. We either take the route […]
Darboe & Co Trial: Lawyers Walk Out Of Court
Some news just in stating that drama unfolded at the High Court in Banjul today where lawyers defending remanded opposition protesters and supporters walked out of court in protest against the judge’s condoning of travesty of justice. Supporters and family members of the defendants also walked out, leaving the court […]
Yaya Jammeh’s Dictatorship – ‘The Greatest Trial For Gambia’
Fellow Gambians, To add my voice to the current terse debate and discussions about our beloved country’s predicament and recent events. Indeed much have been said and continue to be but I would rather approach it from a sanguine perspective and where possible underpin my arguments with divine texts and […]
Why Should We Celebrate Failure
We Gain By Ignoring To Celebrate Failure Let’s boycott the coming July 22nd celebration as a sit down strike and exercise our rights of freedom of choice. It is not only the 22 brutal years of arrest, detention, intimidation, torture and killing of innocent Gambians that the people of Gambia have to […]
An Open Letter To ECOWAS Leaders
Dear Leaders, Dear President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, In the same way the West African Head of States do not wish to have Yaya Jammeh head the organization is the same reason why Gambians do not want Yaya Jammeh as president of the Gambia anymore. For 22 years your organization […]
Article 19’s Chief Speaks Out
Article 19’s Fatou Jagne Senghore Speaks Out Following the repressive events of April 14th and 17th when one Gambian opposition party leader was tortured to death and nearly all the executive members of the party were arrested and taken to court to be slammed seven charges related to peaceful protest march. “…..The Gambian-born […]
Genocide Looms Over Gambia
From the Manifesto of the People In the run-up to and during the Rwanda Genocide, elements in the Hutu-led government including the military, the ruling party and their youth thugs coined and propelled words such as cockroaches, vermins, rats, tall trees, long necks among other phrases to refer to the […]
The Schemes Of Halifa Sallah
By Bajaw Fellows, I think the issue is as clear as midday in Gambia; Halifa could never be president after formation of PDOiS this is why Sedia was used as first leadership candidate to clear the ground to do the foundation laying for establishment; after the bandit junta’s illegitimate overthrow […]