Part 1 On 18th and 19th June 2015, Mr. Christof Heyns, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, participate in the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. He address the Council to present his latest activities and country-specific and thematic reports and conduct an interactive […]
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PDOIS’ Take On Money-cracy Bill
PDOIS’ Position On The Bills Requiring A Million Dalasi To Register A Political Party And Extending The Death Penalty To Crimes Not Associated With Killing The Executive Is On A Collision Course With Law, Reason And The Principle Of The Sovereignty Of The People Events of far reaching political significance […]
President of the Republic, You Must Not Kill Any More
By Sarjo Bayang Published on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 conditions have not changed any better since. That being good reason to revisit the past. Gambia on wrong side of history Those familiar with the behaviour pattern of Yahya Jammeh know very well how he refuses to play by the rules. […]
EU Holds Ground On Gambia Aid
The European Union has held its ground on withholding aid to The Gambia. The bloc was contemplating on unblocking aid to a country whose government would not blink on improving its poor human rights credentials. The Gambia got the angry side of the EU a fortnight ago when it expelled […]
‘APRC Justifies No Election Agenda’
The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has rejected the proposed electoral reform, calling it a fulfillment of the APRC’s widely touted No Election agenda. The biggest impediment to the party’s agenda is Section 100 (2) (a) of the Constitution, the party stated. “APRC supporters of various categories had […]
I know Gambians Don’t Like Me But…
By Yerro Ba If you have made an objective review of the political and diplomatic situation at home, your conclusion might be different. In a systematic way, something has always been coming out of what Jammeh does, whether this is visible to the ordinary eye or not. Jammeh’s actions especially […]
“Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay!” – “Clownish” Greece Challenges IMF, EU
Alexis Tsipras, the Greek PM, is in Moscow today having decided to snub the EU leaders meeting in Brussels today “to decide Greece’s fate”. This is Tsipras’s second visit to Moscow since taking office 5 months ago. In Moscow back in April, the visit was headlined this way: ‘Greek PM’s […]
PDOIS: Bwiam By-election Is Invalid
16th June 2015 Chairman Independent Electoral Commission Bertil Harding Highway Kanifing Layout KMC Dear Sir, RE: QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THE GROUNDS FOR HOLDING BY ELECTION IN BWIAM The Central Committee of PDOIS has received the following notice from the IEC: “PRESS RELEASE BWIAM BY-ELECTION Following the notification from […]
EU Diplomat’s Expulsion Shocks UDP
STATEMENT BY UDP LEADER, LAWYER OUSAINOU DARBOE, ON THE EXPULSION OF THE EU REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GAMBIA For almost two weeks now, The Gambia has been on international spotlight for all the wrong reasons. First was the President’s repulsive statement to slit the throat of homosexuals… a worrying demonstration by […]
Quran As Constitution of Muslims
American Muslims are better educated, work as professionals and are among top earner”, While UK Muslims are the biggest charity donors in the Queen’s Land Lamin Sabally- Minneapolis, Minnesota Muslim Americans are better educated, mostly work as professionals and are among top income earners compared to Muslims in Europe, especially […]
Dollar Power: Jammeh’s Sinister Path To A Single Party State
By Baba Galleh Jallow Traditionally, African dictators have imposed single-party states either by issuing an order banning all other parties, or by passing law in rubber stamp parliaments legitimizing the imposition of single party states. Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, who has fast assumed the status of Africa’s most callous dictator, has […]
President Jammeh Is Roaring Again
Jammeh ready to end relationship with the EU to the detriment of the public By Baba Jobe When you hear Yahya Jammeh roaring, you will wonder how powerful he is? In other words, when you hear him boasting you may be eager to know this man or even probably want […]