By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PGCert THE , Fellow HEA) It is unfortunate that some Muslim scholars abuse and misuse Qur’anic passages to perpetuate and entrench oppression and repression. On the contrary, the theology of the Qur’anic discourses promotes liberation and freedom from all forms that subject humankind to […]
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‘Jammeh Creates Traditional Power Crisis’
President Yahya Jammeh has been accused of creating power crisis in The Gambia’s traditional ruling structures. “Power belongs to Gambians – youths, men and women. Yahya Jammeh has no power by himself. Gambian people have the power to effect change. President Jammeh and his APRC government create power crisis in […]
AU, ECOWAS Urged To Withhold Assistance To Gambia Elections Unless…
By Abdoulie John A US-based pro-democracy group pushing for the respect of human rights and rule of law in The Gambia has urged the regional bloc and the continental body to “withhold funding assistance” for the country’s next elections. “We call upon ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] and the African Union […]
Detained Cleric’s Whereabouts Unknown
The fate of a detained Gambian Muslim cleric remains in limbo. Imam Alhagie Ousman Sawaneh remains in illegal detention since his arrest on October 18th. Gambian officials have not explained why the Kanifing South mosque Imam is detained. Intelligence agents who arrest him are not talking either, throwing his family and congregation […]
Potential Clash Looms: Is Jammeh Provoking UDP Into Action?
It is the second time in less than two weeks that President Yahya Jammeh’s convoy mills around the campaign rallies of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) in the Kombos. His heavily armed fleet of cars passed through Kafuta the previous week while the UDP was holding its rally. […]
No Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists!
By Ebou Gaye As media practitioners and their sympathizers observe International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, I would like to comment on the subject with a view to defending the rights of journalists and advancing the cause of press freedom. Journalists suffer miserably in many parts of […]
Gambia Should Exclude Coup Leader Yaya Jammeh From Any Elections
By Sarjo Bayang Popular opinion suggests no 5th term for overstayed dictator Using deadly weapons to dislodge a sitting elected government is not only undemocratic but most barbaric way to usurp political power. That is exactly what Yaya Jammeh did on 22 July 1994. He promised returning to barracks and […]
‘We Provide Checks And Scrutiny’
The Speaker of Gambian Parliament says the Public Accounts and Enterprises Committee is not on a witch-hunt exercise. Abdoulie Bojang says the parliamentary committee is not created to go after any particular individual or institution. Bojang says the committee aims to ensure there is transparency, probity and openness in all […]
KSA Charity Biking Runs Smoothly
Five members of Kombo Sillah Association (KSA) in the UK take part in the association’s first ever charity bike ride between the cities of Bristol and Bath in the United Kingdom. Before hitting the 48 km round trip on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Kevin Tijan Touray from Portsmouth […]
‘Use All Legal Means To Effect Change’
Gambians have been urged to use all legal or constitutional avenues to effect change in their country. The call is widely echoed by speakers at Sunday’s mass rally organised by the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) in Busumbala in Kombo North. The rally, the sixth of its kind in […]
Int’l Civil Society Forum On Gambia
FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING ELECTORAL REFORMS IN THE GAMBIA We, representatives of Civil Society Organizations met in New York, on the margins of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on October 1-2, 2015 to deliberate on the state of affairs in The Gambia. Asserting the African Charter on Democracy, […]
A Message To The Gambian Soldier; “Secret Service” And Police
By Ousainou Mbenga I hope this message finds you in the highest spirit of readiness to be on the side of the Gambian masses as the tyrannical Jammeh regime is on the brink about to sink to the bottom of his filth and waste. Furthermore, I hope the message also […]