Gambian political activist has described the enactment of the Election Amendment Bill by the National Assembly on July7th as both “insulting and provocative.” The beseiged ruling APRC deputies overwhelmingly voted in favour of a law that restricts participation of opposition in elections. The said law, among others, hiked fees for […]
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Memories Of My Village As Eid Approaches
By Ebrima Sillah In the next few days Muslims in the Senegambia region as in the rest of the world will be celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of a month’s fasting characterised by complete submission and devotion to Allah (SWT). For days now, my mind has been fixed on […]
Warning to Gambians about deception and destruction of Yaya Jammeh
By Sarjo Bayang President Jammeh describes politics as dirty lies and dishonesty still wants to be politician In his deceitful attempts to blind Gambians from the truth Yaya Jammeh called politics as everything dirty, lies and most dishonest occupation. At that time soon after dislodging a lawfully elected government by […]
NAM ‘Disappointed’ With Colleagues For Passing Elections Bill
Hon. Muhammeh Magasi, National Assembly member for Basse, was disappointed with his Assembly colleagues for passing the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2015. Hon. Magasi was speaking on Tuesday at the National Assembly during a long debate on the elections amendment bill. He told fellow deputies that the deposit amounts for presidential […]
Highlights of Brikama Sports Congress
This audio is a proof of what happened at the recently screwed up Brikama Youth and Sports Congress last month. In the audio, it is evident that Karang Lang Jatta has had his hands forced to sit on the hot seat of BYSA chairmanship. He can’t deny excusing his audience […]
Urgent Action Needed As Radio Director’s Whereabouts Remain Unknown
The managing director the Gambian Radio Station Teranga FM, Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay, was taken on 2 July by two men and since then his whereabouts are unknown. Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay is the managing director of Teranga FM an independent Gambian radio station which has been targeted in the past for […]
The Joint Opposition Stance On Electoral Amendment Part 1
What Options Are Available? A statement recently released by six opposition parties reveals that the parties have been in talks with each other about their long sought electoral reforms and “to take stock of all constitutional, legal, procedural and administrative challenges confronting the electoral system” since the 11th of May […]
Election Act: UDP Damns Jammeh Regime
The amendments to the Election Act endorsed by the National Assembly are a clear manifestation of the Jammeh regime’s desire to truncate democracy in The Gambia. The majority party in the National Assembly has done what it is known for… blindly endorsing any piece of legislation that comes before it from the […]
PDOIS Reacts To Election Amendment Bill
PDOIS’ STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2015 WITH SLIGHT CHANGES BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APRC ON THE DEFENSIVE THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE ON THE OFFENSIVE The battle against Elections (Amendment) Bill 2015 is unifying the sovereign people above party lines 9 July 2015 Halifa Sallah For the Central Committee […]
Where Are Africa’s Seers?
By Nkwazi Mhango Prophets, We used to have seers They’d see wide and far Ngugi saw butterflies Amah, the ugly ones, Senghor saw Negritude, Chinua saw some osus Nkwazi sees academic toxicity Lumumba sensed the danger Nyamnjoh sings grand narrative’s deceit I see ethical and political prostitutes Let’s rebel against […]
Why Are The ‘Pardons’ Cancelled?
By Muhammed Sailu Bah Foroyaa has reported about the rounding up and sending back to jail of some convicts who were briefly released on presidential pardon over the weekend and wanted to know what is responsible for this dramatic development. The short lived or brief happiness enjoyed by the families […]
‘IEC Needs To Engage All Stakeholders’
The opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has warned against “the attempt to use parliamentary majority to subvert the letter and spirit of a constitution and strangulate the Independence of an electoral Commission by statute is a canker worm aimed at derailing the democratisation process and the empowerment […]