PRESS RELEASE Our nation is in the middle of an escalating situation that must come to an end and if we do not act, this will devastate our country, which our children would inherit. We all want a Gambia, where every young person, no matter where you come from, or […]
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Why Jammeh Should Be Impeached
JAMMEH’S VAULTING AMBITION AND GREED HAVE INTOXICATED HIM WHICH REQUIRES HIS IMMEDIATE IMPEACHMENT Dear Editor, As the bell of President Jammeh’s tenure of office tolls and charms on the eve or the dawn of a new anniversary that marks his 20th year on the throne, may I seek an opportunity […]
No Mugabe, No Summit
I read on AllAfrica.com today that President Obama of the USA has invited 47 African Leaders to Washington next month – except the presidents of CAR, Eritrea, Sudan, Western Sahara and Zimbabwe. The Egyptian General, who overthrew the democratically elected president last year and made himself president this year, has […]
Will President Jammeh Accept Obama's Invitation?
First Lady Zainab Zuma Jammeh is once again coaxing her husband to fill her purse with taxpayer’s money to allow her buy expensive dress. She does not want to be left out in the U.S-Africa summit in Washington DC, White House next month. Is this not another slap on the […]
Mr. President, Are You Not Ashame Of Stealing Roots?
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands Tracing his ancestry through six generations – slave and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects – back to Africa, he discovered a sixteen year-old youth, Kunta Kinteh. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and […]
Tribute To The Late Buba Sidiki Michael Baldeh
By Tuku Jallow-Kane TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER AND COLLEAGUE HONORABLE ALHAGI BUBA SIDIKI MICHAEL BALDEH OF THE GADHR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION (DAKAR) It is time for the FULLAs to write a petition to his father Alhaji Benteng Jallow-Jammeh or Zainab Suma Jammeh about their son or husband being so wicket […]
Remembering Bubacarr M Baldeh; The Man Who Would Be Gambia’s 2nd President If …
By Mathew Jallow His spirited personality was perpetually highlighted by the spectacular intersection of charm and simplicity; of ordinariness and intellectual sophistication, but Hon. Bubacarr M Baldeh’s genius was defined more by the precocious political skills he effortlessly manifested early in his short life. The passing away, this week, in […]
Dr. Saine Should Resign From The Apex OF CORDEG
By Mai Fatty Dr Saine may be a great activist or academic. Instead of uniting, he has proven incapable to hold the units together. Instead of fostering consensus and unity, his leadership produced dissension, disunity, acrimony and endless internal bickering. I have been silent since the withdrawal of GMC from […]
It’s Is Very Disappointing
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands The death of Hon. Buba Baldeh is a big loss to the Gambia and Africa at large. He is a true patriot. He lived and died for the Gambian people. Hon. Buba Baldeh will never be forgotten, he will be always remembered. May the […]
Military Prevented Buba’s Remains From Entering Gambia
By Papa Kumba Loum Sad news coming from Senegal and the Gambia was that Yahya Jammeh had given instructions that the remains of the late Buba Baldeh, former Member of Parliament and Minister of Youth and Sports and Culture during the PPP era, will not be allowed to enter the […]
The Late Buba Baldeh’s Last Wish
“If President Jammeh denies my body to enter the Gambia, bury me in Madina Qunas in Senegal,” Late Bubacarr Micheal Baldeh As if the political hero knew what would happen after his death, Bubacarr Baldeh instructed close relatives that, if he didn’t recover from the stomach complication from which […]
Article 19’s Jagne Talks On Chief Manneh’s Disappearance
Eight years have passed since Chief Ebrima Manneh [reporter with the Daily Observer newspaper in the Gambia] was picked UP by plainclothes officers of the feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Journalist Abdoulie John caught up with the West Africa Director of Article XI. In this interview, Fatou Jagne-Senghore seized the […]