In the wake of increased repression in Gambia, calls are intensifying for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to send a team of investigators to examine cases of gross human rights abuses mounted by security forces against peaceful protesters. “The ICC has to look into the case of Solo Sandeng and […]
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Defiant Darboe Returns To Mile II; He Insists “Produce My Supporters Dead Or Alive”
The Leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) would not entertain arguments concerning his bail application in court today. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe insisted the state must produce all those arrested on April 14th, including Solo Sandeng. Mr. Darboe and 36 other co-accused persons have been slapped six counts, including […]
Let’s Heal Our Financial Wounds
Smart Money Week Offers Unique Opportunities By Kemo Barrow Financial Empowerment Center is honoured and humbled to bring you week three financial tips or message of the week April 23 – 30th. Join us as we seek knowledge and wisdom to better our selves, families and communities financially, to comemmorate […]
Disappeared’ Gambian Journalist Sparks Concerns Over His Fate
Abdoulie John The ‘disappearance’ of ailing radio journalist Alagie Abdoulie Ceesay has sparked concerns and set off fears over a deadly fate. “It is confusing as well as hard to believe that he escaped from hisvhospital bed. The government needs to come up with a more credible explanation if they […]
Rights Groups Drum Up Gambia Sanctions
At least 15 national, regional and international human and civil rights groups have issued a statement, drumming up support for ‘targeted sanctions against President Yahya Jammeh, his government and his family.” In a joint statement issued in the Senegalese capital Dakar, the groups that include Amnesty International, also want unconditional […]
Tell MPs It’s Time To Impeach Jammeh
By Max Here is the list of National Assembly members and their phones numbers. They are supposedly our elected officials and we have a constitutional crisis!!! Please call your parliamentarians and ask them to immediately impeach President Yahya Jammeh. It is time to prove to us they stand with the […]
Gambian Journalist Out Of Lion’s Den
Gambian journalist who had been detained indefinitely has escaped from the lion’s den. Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay, the manager of Teranga FM Radio, was admitted at the main referral hospital in Banjul for the third time. He had reportedly escaped from his sick bed some time after midnight last week. For […]
Benefits Of Home Ownership In America
Recently as an African born Real Estate Agent in Knoxville, Tennessee; I’ve been engaged in a massive marketing campaign among African immigrants particularly Gambians to buy homes as it is a better option and investment than renting. One obstacle I encounter among many is the misconception of buying a home […]
MFWA Director Becomes ECOWAS CSO Boss
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, has been appointed the Secretary General of a newly-established ECOWAS civil society platform on transparency and accountability in governance. The new platform, known as the ECOWAS Civil Society Organisations Platform on Transparency and Accountability in Governance (ECSOPTAG) was […]
5 Things Senegalese Will Gain By Toppling President Jammeh
By Dida Halake “The stars are aligned”, as astrologers and the superstitious might say: The Senegalese have endured 2 months of being re-routed around Gambia to reach their southern province; Gambians have endured 2 months of the border closure that has created scarcity of major goods in the country; And […]
Dictator Jammeh and the Mad Logic and Equation of Power
Of Mad Logic and Equation of Power – A Satirical Approach to Dictator Jammeh’s rule in Gambia. While we mourn the recent barbaric killings of our heroes like Solo Sandeng,we should not be surprised at the bloodthirsty nature of the tyrant we have as our head of state in Gambia. […]
Gambian Military In War Mood; Is Jammeh Smelling External Attack?
Gambians in the Greater Banjul Area and West Coast Region early Saturday morning saw columns of military vehicles moving fast to the coastal village of Kartong. The government’s failure to announce the reasons for the deployment of armed soldiers in hundreds in the strategic Kombo South village has left many […]