Mr. Halifa Sallah, tell us about your meeting with General Joseph Bassen prior to going to Dakar. The Gambia is a very small country and everything is known next day. Mr Sallah, you are not more educated than the rest of us to teach us anything NEW. What we need […]
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Bensouda Serves And Pleases Ibliss
By Unbiased Prince It is now obviously reaching the climax of epic proportion of being expected to comment and in as much as I did not anticipate of being drag into the sinister yet denigrating mind games of Mrs Bensoda’s culpable with the status quo of awfully felt beyond Banjul and […]
State V Ousainou Darboe And 19 Others
THE STATE V OUSAINOU DARBOE AND 19 OTHERS Transcript of proceedings of 9th June 2016. Before Justice Dada Case called APPEARANCE THE STATE SH BARKUM – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) MB M. B. ABUBAKAR – Deputy Director of Public Prosecution B DRAMMEH – Bubacarr Drammeh DPP: My Lord, this […]
Defense Team Walk Out Of Court Room – Defendants Fear Bias Proceedings
On Wednesday June 8 2016 the entire defense team comprising of the most senior members of the Gambian Bar Association representing lawyer Ousainou Darboe and his co-defendants angrily walked out of the courtroom in Banjul. The dramatic action was the culmination of a deliberate and persistent effort by the regime […]
How Lawyer Darboe Shames Jammeh’s Mercenary Judge
The remanded opposition leader of the United Democratic Party has shamed the mercenary judge presiding over their trial. It all started when High Court judge Justice Eunice O. Dada asked whether Lawyer Ousainou Darboe could defend himself and his detained colleagues since their entire legal team walked out of the […]
Gambia Government Withdraws Police Protection At US Embassy
The Gambia government has unexpectedly withdrawn police protection at the United States Embassy in Banjul, forcing the mission to close all non-essential services on Thursday, June 9. The news — contained in a security alert message for United States citizens — came at a time when the Jammeh government has […]
President Sall Must Stop Appeasing Tyranny And Speak Up!
President Sall Must Stop Appeasing Tyranny and Speak Up! According to a Saturday 4th June publication of the Senegalese newspaper, the “Enquête,”a former member of the Jammeh’s presidential guard, Musa Sarr, narrowly escaped being abducted by agents of the Gambian secrete service to be taken across the border to face torture […]
Halifa: ‘Gambia Is At A Crossroads’
THE GAMBIA’S FUTURE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE Escalating tensions or a move towards an inclusive Democratic Secular Republic Issued On Behalf of The Central Committee by Halifa Sallah, Secretary General and Presidential Candidate 7 June 2016 The Gambia is at a crossroads. We either take the route […]
Darboe & Co Trial: Lawyers Walk Out Of Court
Some news just in stating that drama unfolded at the High Court in Banjul today where lawyers defending remanded opposition protesters and supporters walked out of court in protest against the judge’s condoning of travesty of justice. Supporters and family members of the defendants also walked out, leaving the court […]
Yaya Jammeh’s Dictatorship – ‘The Greatest Trial For Gambia’
Fellow Gambians, To add my voice to the current terse debate and discussions about our beloved country’s predicament and recent events. Indeed much have been said and continue to be but I would rather approach it from a sanguine perspective and where possible underpin my arguments with divine texts and […]
Good News For Remanded Protester
Who says babies don’t have a stake in the struggle to liberate the Gambia from the clutches of dictatorship? A month’s old baby Aisha Fatty gained media limelight after she was detained with her mother who joined protesters to demand the release of her detained husband. Aisha and mother have […]
George Christensen: The Demise Of An Icon
By D. A. Jawo, media consultant, freelance consultancy and training With the untimely death of George Christensen, the Gambia, and indeed the entire African continent has lost not only a pioneering broadcaster but also an uncompromising defender of free expression. George left a comfortable life in the United Kingdom to […]