Budgetary pressure forced dictator Jammeh to fire three ministers and merged departments. BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh fired three government ministers in a department reshuffle on Wednesday, according to a statement, another unexpected turn for the tiny West African country. Minister of Fisheries Lamin Nyabally, Energy Minister Edward […]
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Gambia: A Country That Bans Everything
The Gambia has become a country where nothing is spared for banning. Just last year, the government banned plastic bags without providing alternatives. As if it is obsessed with banning, the Jammeh government will never run out of something to ban. It has always been like that since July 1994. […]
Why Ben Jammeh Runs For His Life
Details of why the former Director General of National Drugs Enforcement Agency ran for his life are emerging, although in bits and pieces. Benedict Jammeh fled into exile in May 2013 after he had fallen apart with President Yahya Jammeh. He has since been living a quiet life in Senegal. […]
‘Please Don’t Emulate Dictator Jammeh’
Activists are raising concern that the newly elected Tanzanian President, John Magafuli, is sadly following in the footsteps of his Gambian counterpart who in December last year declared an Islamic state, pledging to respect the rights of the Christian minority but did the exact opposite. President Yahya Jammeh soon compelled […]
Football Is Our Problem
The Lions of Gambia fight over Football but not on human rights. They quarrel and end friendship on Arsenal and Manchester United rivalry, some between Madrid and Barcelona… Gambian youths see the Senegalese youths active and progressive in national affairs when called upon. Just bring football on, you will see […]
Darboe Damns Jammeh Over School Girl Beauty Contest
The Gambia’s veteran human rights lawyer and leader of the opposition United Democratic Party met youths at the American corner for a wide ranging interview. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe used the interview to attack President Yahya Jammeh for using school girls in beauty pageantry. He called on him to halt […]
Election Year 2016: The Gambian Diaspora And The Jammeh Regime
I’d written this back in 2014 and with a little tweak to reflect our current situation in the election year, I thought I’d reproduce. I was sitting at home minding my business and thought I would grab my routine dose of Gambian News, so I went on reading the local […]
Arise Bishop Rev James Yaw Odico
Reverend Canon James Allen Yaw Odico, dean of the St Mary’s Cathedral was consecrated and enthroned, the Bishop of the Diocese of Gambia, formerly the Diocese of Gambia and the Rio Pongas. The solemn five-hour enthronement service of Canon Odico to the office of Bishop of Gambia was officiated by […]
Who Are The True Robbers?
During a robbery in Guangzhou, China, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: “Don’t move. The money belongs to the State. Your life belongs to you.” Everyone in the bank laid down quietly. This is called “Mind Changing Concept” Changing the conventional way of thinking. When a lady […]
Senegal Won’t Extradite Papa Diack
Senegal will not extradite Papa Massata Diack, accused of blackmailing athletes who failed drug tests, to France. Senegal PM Mohammed Dionne said agreements with France would be respected but that Senegal would not extradite its citizens. Interpol has issued a “Red Notice” for the arrest of Mr Diack, recently given […]
Online Media: Causes For Concern
By Bax “…operating from the Western Hemisphere, Gambian online media/radios need to learn from their counterparts in the Western media, and see how agenda driven journalism can facilitate change, through mass media.” Hidden agenda and misplaced priorities are what constitute the greatest obstacles to diaspora effectiveness in the struggle, and […]
Kartong Betrayers Off The Hook But…
After intense lobbying involving Kombo elders – religious and village heads – the people of Kartong have lifted a ban on five villagers. The reversal of ban also came in the wake of a meeting at the community center, the exact venue where the ban had been announced. At an […]