By Janko Camara This is a rejoinder to the above captioned article. It reflects similar views I had expressed almost a year ago in a different forum on Kairo News. The Need for a United Front: – This is long overdue. In my humble opinion, it is the most obvious […]
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Fear Overwhelms Gambia
By Yaya Dampha The Gambia has become a place where citizens and those living in the country are not guaranteed the rights to security of persons and properties. Although these are guaranteed by both the Gambian constitution and international laws. Human rights reports illustrate how rights violations are perpetrated by the […]
UDP Has Enough Of Jammeh’s Thuggery!
By Pata Saidykhan There will always come a time when an oppressed people will be obliged to push back against their oppressors, when they continued to be denied the ventilation they needed. It is only natural that patience and perseverance run out and the innate instincts to defend self kick […]
Day 2 Of UDP Standoff With Police
UDP activist Suntou Touray talked to RFI and explained the quick turn of events and why the United Democratic Party is continuing to stay put until the police open up the road. Lawyer Darboe is getting well-wishers and supporters joining him, and the more the standoff continues, rumors are circulating […]
Prison Fright Looms Over Freed Captive
The authorities in The Gambia have released a long detained woman who was arrested in suspicion of secretly thrashing government information to Gambian online media and ex-military officers in abroad. A team of NIA undercover operation arrested Fatou Drammeh on 27 June 2012. She was kept incommunicado until her release. […]
UDP Begins Nationwide Tour
UDP Nationwide Tour April 16 – April 26 2015 It’s no secret the appalling human rights abuses in the Gambia. It is a known fact the serious economic mismanagement by the authorities in the Gambia. These and many other issues are known quantities to everyone. While we keep ourselves reminded […]
April 15th, African Freedom Day
By Sainey Faye “It is time for new hands to lift the burdens.” – Nelson Mandela “My generation led Africa to political freedom.The current generation of leaders and peoples of Africa must pick up the flickering torch of African Freedom, refuel it with their enthusiasm and determination, and carry it […]
Where Accountability Accountability To Gambian People Stops And Begins?
As we all are aware, Jammeh’s rule is an event receding into the past, into Gambian history, and we all know there is NO statute of limitation on murders in any civilized society, since the existence of mankind. In addition to “murders” we all are aware of, and tracking of […]
‘A Divided Opposition Can Never Stand’
A diasporan Gambian organisation has launched an appeal to the opposition parties to team up and select the right candidate for the 2016 presidential race, insisting that “a divided opposition can never stand.” In a statement, the National Transitional Council of The Gambia (NTCG) said the goal is to make […]
The Validity Of Gambia’s Death Penalty Regime: A Question The Supreme Court Answered Incorrectly
By Lamin J Darbo With the recent announcement of Courts Martial verdicts on the 30 December 2014 State House attacks, the question of the death penalty is back on the agenda as a topic of major public interest. Both sides of the underlying political spectrum informing the December events are […]
Tribalism: Constitutional Constipation
By Johnson My Marxist/Leninist/Maoist Comrades cum Friends and I had been locked in disagreement. No matter how I marshalled my arguments I could not persuade him that Pan-Africanism was an African Personality to the World Working Class Movement. Indeed within Pan-Africanism we faced possible unnecessary “ruptures” between so called “Nkrumahists”; […]
UDP Leader Unlocks Dangerous Links
Lawyer Darboe Exposing the Dangerous links between Corruption and Pervasive Human Rights Abuse to the Growing Influence of Insecurity on Politics in West Africa The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has warned West African leaders to curb corruption and pervasive human rights abuse if they […]