Recently as an African born Real Estate Agent in Knoxville, Tennessee; I’ve been engaged in a massive marketing campaign among African immigrants particularly Gambians to buy homes as it is a better option and investment than renting. One obstacle I encounter among many is the misconception of buying a home […]
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MFWA Director Becomes ECOWAS CSO Boss
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, has been appointed the Secretary General of a newly-established ECOWAS civil society platform on transparency and accountability in governance. The new platform, known as the ECOWAS Civil Society Organisations Platform on Transparency and Accountability in Governance (ECSOPTAG) was […]
5 Things Senegalese Will Gain By Toppling President Jammeh
By Dida Halake “The stars are aligned”, as astrologers and the superstitious might say: The Senegalese have endured 2 months of being re-routed around Gambia to reach their southern province; Gambians have endured 2 months of the border closure that has created scarcity of major goods in the country; And […]
Dictator Jammeh and the Mad Logic and Equation of Power
Of Mad Logic and Equation of Power – A Satirical Approach to Dictator Jammeh’s rule in Gambia. While we mourn the recent barbaric killings of our heroes like Solo Sandeng,we should not be surprised at the bloodthirsty nature of the tyrant we have as our head of state in Gambia. […]
Gambian Military In War Mood; Is Jammeh Smelling External Attack?
Gambians in the Greater Banjul Area and West Coast Region early Saturday morning saw columns of military vehicles moving fast to the coastal village of Kartong. The government’s failure to announce the reasons for the deployment of armed soldiers in hundreds in the strategic Kombo South village has left many […]
Senegal Help Oppressed Gambians
Thousands of Senegalese on Friday joined Gambians to protest against President Yahya Jammeh’s use of excessive force on innocent civilians. The protest, held in the Senegalese capital Dakar, provided an opportunity for protesters to display Dictator Jammeh’s tyranny, which include enforced disappearance and cold-blood murders of his opponents. Placard holding […]
Senegal Protest Threatens Gambian Dictator
By now, it is clear that Dictator Yahya Yahya Jammeh knows he is a thorn in everyone’s flesh. He is no longer a Gambian menace but a regional one. A single soul who goes around biting whoever he crosses path with as if he is a mad dog. Even the […]
Gambia Gov’t Versus Al-Jazeera
Jammeh And Al-Jazeera, Please Listen!!! By Gambiano Al-Jazeera was already in The Gambia around August/September of 2015 about to film. But they were asked to stop filming because their permit was revoked. And the subject of their mission, in the direct words of Journalist Catherine Soi? Simple! “To objectively report […]
Defiant Darboe, Comrades Back In Prison
My Release Will Be Meaningless If… The defiant United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and his comrades have returned to Mile II Prison after appearing before a judge this morning for bail application. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and comrades return followed after so many sticking points were argued in the court, including […]
Yahya Jammeh Must Cease Violence Against Women Activists
By Siray Touray (women’s activist in U.K.) As a young woman, I am outraged and saddened about the news that three Gambian women are part of the opposition UDP supporters detained and tortured by security forces. These defenceless women are bearing violent wounds. Gambian security forces who get their direct command […]
ECOWAS Report On Gambia Smells The Unknown
A statement issued by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission on The Gambia government’s use of excessive force against armless, peaceful protesters depicts the regional grouping knows what is yet to be known to many Gambians. This is evidenced by the fact that the Commission is extending […]
Sanctity Of Human Life: An Islamic Perspective
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh The Qur’an categorically states that God has honoured the children of Adam. This honouring of the children of Adam is fundamental to the Qur’anic discourses. Nobody has the right to violate this divine right that people have. In this light comes the Qur’anic injunction that […]