A disaporan Gambian journalist has written an open letter to the Chairman of the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) Professor Abdoulaye Saine. Yero Jallow, whose letter is published verbatim below, believes “that CORDEG has been reduced to a celebrity organization.” Dear Professor Saine, I write […]
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Why Jammeh Killed His Brother & Sister
Details have emerged about why Gambian President Yahya Jammeh had murdered his brother and sister. Most Gambians could not understand why Mr. Haruna Jammeh and Mrs. Marcie (Masireh) Jammeh disappeared without trace since their arrest on July 14th, 2005. Families of the two have not set their eyes on them […]
‘The Wrong Way To Meet The People’
Lawyer Darboe disproves the way President Jammeh meets Gambians. In a detailed interview with the Point Newspaper, UDP leader talks on several issues. Below is the full text. The opposition leader, Ousainou Darboe, has said President Yahya Jammeh’s ongoing tour of the country is required by the constitution, as he […]
First Ladies With Different Goals
Zeinab Jammeh Vs Margaret Kenyatta After watching Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta ran 42 kilometer marathon in London purposely to raise money for her country’s women and children, it behooves on us to take a pause and think of the Gambia’s First Lady Madam Zeinab Zuma Jammeh. What is […]
Why I Won't Vote For ANC
By David Smith in Johannesburg Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken of his pain at being snubbed by organisers of Nelson Mandela’s funeral last year as his relationship with South Africa’s dominant party continues to sour. Tutu, who like Mandela won the Nobel peace prize as a leader of […]
Old Papa’s Final Fight
By Dida Halake In my favourite movie of all time, The Godfather, the aging Don Corleone anoints his son Michael as his successor. Senegal’s former President Wade also anointed his son Karim as his successor. Both succession attempts turned out to be bloody – but it is only the Godfather’s […]
How Musa Jammeh Rose to Prominence
Our State House revealer is back again with what he called “another dirty secret Gambians are not privy to.” This is about how the late Col. Musa Jammeh and Capt. Tumbul Tamba came to prominence. The revealer said it all happened after the late Lt. Almamo Manneh, the Logistic and […]
Obstacles To Gambia’s Struggle
A senior political activist has pinpointed what can be seen as the greatest obstacles to the struggle to liberate the Gambia from the clutches of tyranny. “The political persecution of targeted opposition/UDP activists or supporters must stop,” Mr. Alkali Conteh writes, in reaction to the arrest and detention incommunicado of […]
Republic Day Protest Nears
The Gambia: April 24th—Republic Day! A Day of A Peaceful Sit-Down Demonstration at 10:00 a.m. at Westfield Junction, Serrekunda THE DEMONSTRATION WILL BE DEDICATED TO EBRIMA BARRY AND THE 14 STUDENTS KILLED BY PRESIDENT JAMMEH AND HIS SECURITY FORCES ON APRIL 10TH AND 11TH, 2000. Thursday, the 24th of April […]
Ukraine; Wrong Fight, Uncle Sam!
By D J Halake The US has picked the wrong fight with Russia. Kievan Rus (aka Ukraine) is as Russian as Wessex is English. The Western press and media have to toe the editorial and government line peddled by the US and UK, just as with Iraq […]
Gambia Kicked Out Of CAF U-20
Gambians woke up to the shocking news of their country’s soccer team being thrown out of the CAF U-20 championship. The decision to throw out the country’s U-20 team is published on the CAF website, cafonline.com. According to the site, the Gambia was disqualified by the Organising Committee for the […]
The Last Queen Of Waalo
By Sainey Faye Ndatte Yalla Mboge (French Spelled “Ndatte Yalla Mbodj” ”Linguere” & The Last Queen of ‘Waalo’ Senegal (Northern Senegambia). Ndate Yalla Mboge was known as the last queen of ‘Waalo’ in northern Senegal, and oral historians still carry her heroic deeds against the French colonialist. She is one […]