Bissimillahi Rahman Rahim [In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful] The Gambian people are bleeding. We are tired and suffering. We are desperate and yet we the Muslim Ummah [Community] have the solution to end our suffering. Yaya Jammeh has rendered all our hopes of better and peaceful […]
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A Look At Issues And Personalities In Gambian Politics
A look at topics, issues and personalities in Gambian Politics. DEMOCRACY is a phenomenal ideal, though it can never be deemed perfect in any given jurisdiction. When everyone is allowed to the podium and have their say, the job of the sovereign citizenry in determining who serves their interests better […]
“Jammeh Is Africa’s Biggest Thief”
OJ Sets Records At PPP Sukuta Rally By Yusef Taylor @FlexDan_YT on Twitter On Saturday 26th November the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) held a rally at Sukuta, Kombo North, in the so called “no go area” for Gambian Opposition. From 1965 to 1994, PPP was the dominant ruling party until […]
Gambian Who Kills Wife Risks Lengthy Jail
A Gambian immigrant who stabbed his wife to death risked going to jail for a longer period. Musa Baldeh, who hailed from Kantora village in Upper River Region, killed Aji Jawo with a kitchen knife on November 17th 2014 in Sant Pere Pescador in Spain. Baldeh faces up to 40 […]
Imam Sawaneh Freed At Last
After more than five months in illegal detention without trial, the Kanifing South mosque Imam is at last freed. Until the High Court ruling last week, Imam Alhagie Ousman Sawaneh remained in detention at Jan Jan Bureh prison in the Central River Region. Gambian authorities refused to explain any reasons […]
To Be Or Not To Be? That’s The Question?
By Abdul Savage FIRST and FOREMOST, I have said, time and time and again, for years, that I DO NOT condone, advocate, support and will never, ever be part of anything and everything that has to do with “force” to effect a change of government in the Gambia. THAT is […]
Women’s Right Violation Deters Progress
The Chief Executive Officer of Their Voice Must Be Heard believed that violation of women’s right seriously deters world progress. Mustapha Manneh, an active rights campaigner at Kartong village in Kombo South, said women’s rights must be respected, protected and guaranteed. His remarks were made in Kartong where his association […]
Why Am I Challenging President Jammeh?
By Lamin Gano While trying very hard to stay focused on revising my 22 reasons for Jammeh not to run for a fifth term, I can’t help being bombarded with and distracted by questions. For example is it not hypocritical of me to call Jammeh my godfather, flash his pictures […]
Navy Commander Fled With Family
A Gambian navy commander declared wanted by the government has fled with his family, Kairo News sources confirmed. Lt. Commander Momodou Badjie, an Administrative Officer of the Gambia Navy, is declared wanted by the government after efforts to ascertain his whereabouts were fruitless. In a televised statement, Badjie was accused […]
Police Probes President Jacob Zuma
‘Guptagate’ claims surrounding Jacob Zuma spark corruption inquiry by police Allegations over South African president’s connections with wealthy Gupta family come to a head, with authorities acting on complaint by opposition party Staff and agencies in Johannesburg South African police have announced a corruption probe into President Jacob Zuma’s son […]
Modou Ndow At Risk, Detained Again
A person at risk! An alert to all concerned Gambians and human rights agencies. A Gambian activist is currently being detained in Scotland. Modou Ndow has been in custody at Dungavel House in South Lanarkshire, Hamilton. His detention resulted when he reported for a routine signing in at the immigration […]
Jammeh Ignores ILO Over Unionist’s Death
By Abdoulie John President Yahya Jammeh is yet to respond to requests by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the mysterious death of a Gambian union leader. Sheriff Dibba, the former Secretary General of the Gambia National Transport Control Association, purportedly died after he had been tortured by state security […]