EP delegation to The Gambia calls the government to release all protestors arrested in connection with the April protests Pres release Delegation composed of four members of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), David Martin (S&D, UK), Richard Howitt (S&D, UK), Judith Sargentini (Greens/EFA, NL) and Karol Karski […]
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Ousman Sonko Seeks Asylum In Sweden
Swedish newspaper has reported the Gambia’s dismissed Minister of Interior sought asylum in Sweden upon arrival at the airport. Ousman Sonko was fired and replaced by Momodou Alieu Bah last week. He was reported to have handed himself over to the police. Mr. Sonko, a key ally of President Yahya […]
WHY IS FOROYAA HESITATING TO PUBLISH THE REJOINDER SENT BY THE UDP
WHY IS FOROYAA HESITATING TO PUBLISH THE REJOINDER SENT BY THE UDP TO CLARIFY CLAIMS BY THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER THAT UDP HAS ENDORSED THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE? QUESTION OF THE DAY WHY IS FOROYAA HESITATING TO PUBLISH THE REJOINDER SENT BY THE UDP TOCLARIFY CLAIMS BY THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER THAT UDP HAS ENDORSED […]
Bankrupcy Fear Engulfs APRC
Senior members of the Gambia’s ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) are convinced that their once affluent party is facing bankruptcy. This comes ahead of the APRC’s planned meeting in Basse, which must be funded by the party’s senior members. According to leaks arising from a secret APRC […]
Vindictive Rhetoric And Malice Behind Ideology Critique
Dear Editor! I will be remiss if I fail to acknowledge a significant milestone in my immediate family before tackling the subject matter at hand. My Grandmother for whom I was named for passed away onAugust 8th. Yesterday, Friday, September 16th we observed her fourty-day charity. May ALLAH SWT ease […]
Breaking News: Interior Minister Ousman Sonko Fired
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh sacrificed his long serving Interior Minister. Ousman Sonko Sonko is one of the most bloodthirsty and ruthless ministers in dictator Jammeh’s cabinet line-up. The ruthlessness of Ousman Sonko came to light in the brutal and callous arrest and murder of UDP National Organising Secretary Ebrima Solo […]
Can We Trust Elite African Leaders?
When the junta in 1994 announced they will rule for four years, it caused such an uproar that they have to blame the English grammar for the confusion. They said they meant For Years but not four years. The “u” was the confusion. They made restatement without duly admitting to […]
Gambia’s Chief Justice Dirtied
A confession by a state lawyer in an open court that the Gambia’s Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle advised them on how to prosecute remanded United Democratic Party (UDP) prisoners has left a dent on the image of the country and its head of judiciary. Such a confession clearly proves that […]
Self-defeating Diatribe Against Dr. Touray Undermining UDP Leadership
By Kinteh If the rebuttal to Madi Jobarteh’s letter to Madam Secka, lobbying for UDP rallying behind Dr. Touray, was meant to cement the broader UDP support together against self-concocted fears of doom of the support base by the emergence of Dr. Touray in the scene, then the shots have […]
Don’t Believe Jammeh’s Empty Promises, Vote Him Out!
By Baba Jobe It’s 2016, an election year in the Gambia, and political activities for the December 1st polls have already began. It’s a year that marks twenty-two years of persecutions in the form of arbitrary arrests, detention without trial, kidnapping, disappearances and extrajudicial killings by the dictatorial regime of […]
May God Save Dear Little Gambia Part 2
By Sulayman (Saul) Saidykhan We have five opposition candidates lined up against Yaya Jammeh: Halifa Sallah, Hamat Bah, Mama Kandeh, Adama Barrow, and Dr. Isatou Touray. I’ve listened to and read many people with divergent views on them all. I find some of the views quite perplexing to say the […]
Why Jammeh Is A Unique Dictator
By Sulayman Touray I think two things make Yahya Jammeh the most brutal, dangerous and unique dictator among many dictators in the past. He uses religion to the best of his ability. In that he hides behind Islam to do his manipulation. A dictator who suffocates of all the business […]