By GRTS Whistle-blower Malick Jones’s return to GRTS as Director General was indeed disastrous as he was all to loosen the professionalism which both the nominations and presidential elections were covered by the National Broadcaster. He was specifically hired by Dictator Jammeh to promote his agenda thus subjecting National Broadcaster […]
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General Bora Colley Nabbed With Gold, Dollars
One of former Gambian President’s trusted military officers has been arrested and detained in Southern Senegal’s Casamance region. General Bora Colley was arrested while trying to cross to Guinea Bissau few days ago. He was found with substantial amounts of US dollars and gold. The Foni Besse native was a […]
Ousman Sonk Counts Troubles
The Gambia’s former Interior Minister found himself in security net on Thursday. Ousman Sonko, who fled the country after he had fallen out with the former President Yahya Jammeh, was arrested by Swiss police near the capital Berne, Berner Zeitung reported. The Gambia’s longest serving Interior Minister in Yahya Jammeh’s […]
Musa Saidykhan and Ebrima Manneh: Justice Subverted by the State
In 2006, Gambian journalists Musa Saidykhan and Ebrima Manneh were separately arrested and detained by state agents in Banjul, Gambia. Saidykhan was subjected to brutal torture, while Manneh disappeared with little trace. The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has issued judgements against the Gambia in both cases, finding the state […]
Where Is Lance Corporal Jallow?
The family of Lance Corporal Toumani Jallow is worried about his whereabouts. Jallow, a plainclothes officer of former President Yahya Jammeh, has been missing since his arrest last year. His arrest followed an arson attack on the APRC political bureau in Kanifing. Jallow was picked up by Gambian security agents […]
Freedom Songs Swinging In Gambia
Finally, freedom has arrived in The Gambia after 22 years of military dictatorship marked by gross human rights violations and economic deterioration. Thousands of citizens can freely line up the streets of Serekunda and its surroundings without being forced to welcome the presidential convoy. School children can freely sit in […]
The Constitutionality; Gambia In Transition…
It’s positive how we hit the ground running in the new Republic; with our continued expression Rights, opinion, all & any; with regards to our selfless debate contributions to our societal advancement aspirations amongst others; which will stay now on; no matter what…. My opinion; Mrs Tambajang’s “Vice President Appointment” […]
President Barrow Arrives Home
Thousands of Gambians on Thursday line up the streets and the airport to accord a tumultuous welcome to their newly elected President. President Adama Barrow, who won December 1st presidential election, had flown to Mali for the Franco-Africa Summit and then Senegal where he stayed for more than a week. […]
Of Jammeh’s Illegal Emergency Law
By Gambian Outsider! Below is what I wrote on January 17th, but did not have it published. Because of the ridiculous “debate” at the National Assembly yesterday, I decided to have this article published. What follows after “The End” is my observation on what is unfolding within the new administration. […]
We’re All Victims Of Disgraced Jammeh
By Sadibou Jatta Fellow Gambians, I am all over the moon in writing this piece. God has accepted one of my prayers to see a Gambia without Yaya Jammeh. Who would have believed this just two years ago? However God is good. I feel the same way Bishop Desmond Tutu […]
Potential Constitutional Coup By Speaker Halifa Sallah!
Dear Editor, Heroic Halifa Sallah must be awarded the Grand Order of The Republic of The Gambia for standing up to the Dictatorship from the point when Jammeh “annulled” the elections to the point when the ECOWAS forces entered The Gambia and chased the Monster away. In that tense and […]
Appointments to the government must conform to law
From the outset, I contend that legality, its nurture and development, constitute the software of a meaningful democratic polity. Without it, the mainframe is but a mere carcass! Even a cursory examination of the architecture of The Gambia’s overall legal regime exposes the dual anomaly of laws that are differentially […]