Detention without trial and unconstitutional arrests of people have become a common practice in the Gambia under the dictatorial regime of President Yahya Jammeh. Many a times people are arrested and held incommunicado for weeks, months and even years. Some even disappeared without trace. This dictatorial practice, a direct assault […]
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HOW TO FIGHT AND WEAKEN A DICTATOR
Always remember that dictators depend on other men to do the job of subjugating their people for them. The dictator will never personally descend on the ground to fight, arrest, torture and imprison a person or several people, a dictator will never engage in a one on one fist fight […]
UN Chief Thumbs Up Hassan Jallow
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is grateful to Hassan Bubacar Jallow for his excellent service. Mr. Jallow, a former Gambian Justice Minister and Judge, serves as the first Prosecutor of the UN Mechanism from 1 March 2012 until 29 February 2016. Mr. Jallow was also the Prosecutor of the International […]
Gambia-Senegal Border Closure Hurting
By Abdoulie John A fortnight has passed since the closure of the Gambia-Senegal border and people hoping to travel between the two countries are faced with huge challenges, prompting mixed reactions from activists and politicians. “I think it’s a drama for people from both countries,” Amnesty International’s Senegal Director, Seydi […]
2016 Election: Make Or Break Moment
The road to December 2016 general election has opened long since but it is a road that is already bumpy, to call spade a spade and not a rake. The field is not levelled, and the Electoral Amendment Act did not help matters either. It is a make or break […]
Kano: Tata Pours Out His Heart
The return of Tata dindin Jobarteh to music has energised his fans across the country. The two-year mysterious sickness had left the Kora maestro and stage master a changed man. But Tata’s spirits remain high, and thinks it wise to use music to create something positive out of his sickness. […]
Sudanese Opposition Leader Is Dead
Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese opposition leader who helped bring President Omar al-Bashir to power, has died at 84 in the capital Khartoum. Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese opposition leader who helped bring President Omar al-Bashir to power, has died at 84 in the capital Khartoum. A hospital source told AFP news […]
37 Media Watchdogs Protest Journalist’s Indefinite Detention
By Abdoulie John At least 37 leading media rights watchdog organisations around the world have petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) over the prolonged detention of Gambian radio journalist, Alagie Abdoulie Ceesay, whose health condition has deteriorated. The groups, led by the Media Foundation for West Africa, […]
Who Determines Gambia’s Votes?
THOSE WHO CAST VOTES DETERMINE NOTHING; THOSE WHO COUNT VOTES DETERMINE EVERYTHING By Ousainou Mbenga On June 25 2015, the desperate despot, Jammeh yet again unleashed another of his trademark amendments to assure himself “president for life”. The despotic one million Dalasis ($25,000) fee imposed on presidential candidates and the […]
Gano Licks Old Wounds; Recounts Bitter Encounter With Ndure
The former Aide de Camp of President Yahya Jammeh has opened up his bitter encounter with the mastermind of the March 21st abortive coup. Lt. Col. Lamin Gano, who became the first high-ranking military official to resign from the army, explains how his pre-coup exchange with Col. Ndure Cham turns […]
Gambian Entertainers/Singers And Dictatorship
Close association versus fear and material gains. There have been lots of noise of late on the problem of Gambian singers. Prominent amongst them is Jaliba Kuyateh and other younger singers who praise Jammeh now and then. Although Jaliba Kuyateh is largely sidelined by President Jammeh and it is no […]
The 2016 US Presidential Election
By Sulayman Saul Saidykhan Unless the Democrats – specifically Hillary Clinton, does something extraordinarily stupid or insulting to turn off her base to sit out the elections, she is on course for her rendezvous with history. In other words, on the night of January 20th 2017, when the Secret Service […]