A YEAR SINCE JAMMEH’S ATTACK AGAINST THE WEST It was a little more than a year ago, Wednesday the 9th October 2013, that the Government of The Gambia in Banjul officially issued what it called an exposure of “the United States of America’s hostile actions against The Gambia since 1994.” […]
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Amadou Samba’s Image Laundering Fad – Nipping It In The Bud
By Dr. Mannet I seldom contribute to online debates about people or events happening in our country in spite of my strong views about the direction our country is heading. Today, and may be for the last time, I am writing, driven by my conviction to set the records straight […]
Shambles in Court: Magistrate! Not In Your Jurisdiction
God Dictatorship is a plague. What made President Jammeh laugh out loud? Amadou Samba, a quintessential Gambian (busuwa-elite) ‘Bourgeoisie’ explaining to Jammeh how he was beaten by thugs and rascals all over his soft body. A Gambian Magistrate was lied to by police prosecutors, alleging that, Mr Amadou Samba was beaten […]
Gambians Cherish Peace And Tranquility Under President Jammeh
The controversy over the recent unfortunate event in Senegal concerning the Gambian entrepreneur Mr. Amadou Samba and those identified as Anti-President Jammeh’s activists, once again puts the Senegalese government on the spotlight of being suspected of encouraging these elements beyond what is reasonable or tolerable. However, I at first thought […]
PDOIS Queries Gambia’s Financial Indiscipline
PDOIS STATEMENT ON THE SUPPLEMENTAR1Y BUDGET OF OVER ONE BILLION DALASIS 20TH November 2014 – Halifax Salah on Behalf of the Central Committee SPENDING 86 MILLION DALASIS ON NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE FACE OF A DOMESTIC DEBT OF 13.5 BILLION IS FINANCIAL INDISCIPLINE The battle cry of the movement for […]
The Deliverable Constituency
By Karamba Touray The largest constituency in The Gambia has always been the one opposed to the regime of Yahya Jammeh. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact as shown in the last measure of his standing with The Gambian people in the previous general election when […]
Hamat Scolds Gambia Government
The leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) has scolded the Gambia government for its refusal to allow United Nations special investigators full access to the country’s prisons. The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, and the Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan Méndez, were […]
Obama TKOs the Republican Rednecks
“My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations. It’s kept us youthful, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. It has shaped our character as a people […]
Right Groups Blast Gambia’s Enacted Homophobic Law
21 November 2014 Gambia: “Aggravated Homosexuality’’ Offence Carries Life Sentence Gambia’s recent passage of a homophobic law puts the already persecuted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community at even greater risk of abuse, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The new crime of “aggravated homosexuality,” which […]
Redefining Africa
What people need to know about the African condition By Baba G. Jallow When Creighton University’s African Students Association (AFSA) approached me to give a guest lecture at their annual banquet on the topic “Redefining Africa”, I knew exactly where they were coming from. However, I still asked them what […]
Echo’s Sankareh Sympathises Amadou!
“Amadou Samba Saga a Gambian predicament” By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-in-Chief, Gambia Echo Hysteria and Bad Mouthing of Amadou Samba When news of Gambian lawyer-turned businessman, Amadou A. Samba’s scuffle inside an elevator with members of a private security firm at Dakar’s luxurious Radisson Blue hotel broke Saturday, it […]
Radio Show Today: Diaspora Talking Points
Natariko radio show today deals with many issues. First things first, the historical narration of the Kabou/Futa battle and the exchanges leading to the battle final fall of Kansala. Almamy Bakary of Futa Timbo and Mama Janky Wally of Kabou had heated exchanges before tthe final battle of Kansala. Our […]