By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Chief Justice has urged the newly enrolled legal practitioners to always keep in mind that honesty and integrity are cardinal virtues that should guide them in the exercise of their duty. “Act at all times with honesty and with integrity,” Justice Hassan Bubacarr Jallow on […]
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The Aftermath Of Gambia’s Worst Gas Explosion
Listening to eye witness accounts of sequence of events, it was clear that a disaster had been in the making in Kanifing Industrial Estate. There are more questions than answers on how and why this major industrial disaster happened. We may or may not know the exact cause of the […]
‘Mai’s Comments Are Misleading’
RE: STATEMENT ON MAI FATTY’S ALARMING COMMENTS My attention has been drawn to a newspaper article on the Tuesday, 29th October 2019 edition of the Standard Newspaper, which quoted Ahmed Mai Fatty as saying that “we [referring to the people of The Gambia] are yet to defeat some ways of […]
Destruction, Desolation Prevail In Kanifing Industrial Estate
As President Barrow Tours The Area By Abdoulie John Following the devastating explosion at Touba Gas processing plant, Gambia’s President Adama Barrow on Monday found an atmosphere of destruction and desolation in Kanifing Industrial Estate. The disaster has left dilapidated buildings, destruction of properties including a good number of vehicles […]
Edward Singhatey and His Missed Opportunity
When news got out that Edu was sighted in town for a possible appearance at the TRRC, the whole country was drowning in euphoria. This elation was borne out of our collective expectation of finally closing that chapter on not the WHO or HOW questions surrounding Koro’s death but instead […]
BANJUL NORTH NAM LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO REVITALISE THE GAMBIA NATIONAL LIBRARY
In his latest routine visits to institutions within his constituency, Hon. Ousman Sillah, National Assembly Member (NAM) for Banjul North, on Friday, 18th October, 2019, launched a formal campaign for support to revitalise and enhance the services of the Gambia National Library in Banjul. The Banjul North representative announced this […]
‘I am deeply hurt by the insults’
Honestly, I am smarting from the barrage of insults and other accusations of unseriousness, hypocrisy and corruption raining on my head and on the head of the TRRC over the past few hours. I must be clear that I DO NOT and WILL NEVER take offense at being insulted, even […]
President Barrow Participates in First-ever Russia-Africa Summit
President Adama Barrow on Wednesday participated in the plenary forum of the first-ever Russia-Africa Summit hosted to explore and strengthen economic and trade ties between Africa and Russia. He joined more than sixty African Heads of State and Government and other leaders in business, development, and politics. In his welcoming […]
Chad: No Redress for Ex-Dictator’s Victims African Commission Should Press for Habré-Era Reparations
The Chadian government has yet to provide reparations ordered by a court in 2015 to 7,000 victims of grave crimes under the rule of former dictator Hissène Habré, four human rights groups said today. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which is currently reviewing Chad’s human rights record in Banjul, Gambia, should press the […]
TRRC: Managing The Narratives
By Baba Galleh Jallow The TRRC’s ongoing public hearings have generated a number of interesting narratives in Gambian society. From the testimonies and statements of victims, alleged perpetrators and perpetrators emerge a narrative of brutal dictatorship, gross human rights violations, and the victimization of hundreds of innocent Gambians. This narrative […]
Understanding the Strategy and Tactics of Edward Singhateh
The strategy and tactics of Edward’s testimony is rooted in the philosophy of military training that he himself beautifully explained to the lead counsel. That is, a soldier is trained to withstand any measure of pain and pressure! Hence for Edward the TRRC hearing he underwent was torture or pressure […]
Aren’t Our Own Hands Bloody (Or Aren’t We Culpable)?
Legally one doesn’t necessarily have to be the triggerman/woman and/or machete-wielder to be a killer/murderer. Our words, money, demeanor, encouragement, head-nodding, expressed endorsement, (whatever) motivated men, women and even young school going children to confront a-ready-and-loaded killer men/women of Yahya AJJ Jammeh for a supposed cause that we don’t seem […]