Kanilai [birthplace of President Yahya Jammeh’s hamlet] is a major transit center for drug smuggling, fornication and flurry of fanfare. The hamlet is set aside for Mr. Jammeh’s planned escape route out of the country. Jammeh is a coward who should be hunted down and captured before it is too […]
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Activist Journalist Warns Against Jammeh’s Tribalisation Of Gambian Politics
By Abdoulie John One of the Gambia’s leading journalist activist has warned against Gambian leader’s possible tribalisation of the country’s politics. Fatou Jaw Manneh’s warning comes at a time when the West African nation has found itself caught up in political crisis. “Yahya Jammeh will try to make the crisis […]
Gambians Thumb Up Senegal’s Crackdown On Marijuana Fields In Casamance
The military action launched by Dakar to eradicate marijuana-producing fields in Casamance seems to have ignited strong reactions from politicians, activists and ordinary citizens who describe the move as yet another ‘serious blow’ to President Yahya Jammeh. “Dislodging the rebel factions and destroying their marijuana farms has indeed dealt a major blow to Yahya […]
Gambia: Genie Is Out Of The Bottle
Gambian former minister turned activist has just posted a video on his YouTube channel with a fitting title. Energy-spirited Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh titles the video “Genie is out of the bottle.” There cannot be any better title that depicts the content of the video more than Janneh’s title. Genie […]
Nationalism And Not Ethnocentrism: A Call For A More Accommodating Pluralistic Nation…Part1
By Edrissa Ken-Joof “A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.” Andrew O’Hagan Being a breed of globalization where I might align my thinking to a statement once said by George Santayana that: “to me, it seems a dreadful […]
When Followers Fail their Leader!
By Saul Saidykhan In Gambia, we’ve had a problem with leadership since our political independence in one form or another. That has never been more true than in the current dispensation. Instead of trying to find solutions or ways of easing Gambia’s myriad problems in such vital areas […]
Defiant Darboe’s Silent Roar
By Dida Jallow-Halake The poet once dubbed “Young, Gifted & Gambian”, Going by the name of “Gambia’s Pen”, Is mysteriously silent! (Like “The Prince of Brikama”) Did The Pen break his pen? (Like “The Bard of Bakau”) While blinded to the light of the Eternal Moon, As he stayed stuck […]
Dida Halake, Please Don’t Destroy Respects For Thee!!!
By Gambiano Mr. Halake, Your fantasies, or perhaps orgies really provoke a response. Without being uncharitable to neither your person, nor your compulsions, I choose to be terse with diction today. “5 Things Senegal will gain by toppling Jammeh” isn’t from a Gambia-lover who is wary of collateral damage, decades […]
The Spotlight: Let Go Of Darboe, UDP Executive And All Prisoners Of Conscience!
By Yero Jallow “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” –Nelson Mandela, Former ANC [African National Congress] Leader, South Africa. We do not have much politics going on anymore; the issue is beyond politics, […]
My Message To Gambia’s Low Thinking Security Forces
Ever since the National Assembly of The Gambia in year 2000 indemnified the security forces, especially those who took part in the massacre of their own Gambian brothers (armless students) on April 10 and 11through the Indemnity Act, Gambians became so fearful of you, the people they pay to maintain […]
ICC Urged To Probe Gambia Violations
In the wake of increased repression in Gambia, calls are intensifying for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to send a team of investigators to examine cases of gross human rights abuses mounted by security forces against peaceful protesters. “The ICC has to look into the case of Solo Sandeng and […]
Defiant Darboe Returns To Mile II; He Insists “Produce My Supporters Dead Or Alive”
The Leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) would not entertain arguments concerning his bail application in court today. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe insisted the state must produce all those arrested on April 14th, including Solo Sandeng. Mr. Darboe and 36 other co-accused persons have been slapped six counts, including […]