Hon. Muhammeh Magasi, National Assembly member for Basse, was disappointed with his Assembly colleagues for passing the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2015. Hon. Magasi was speaking on Tuesday at the National Assembly during a long debate on the elections amendment bill. He told fellow deputies that the deposit amounts for presidential […]
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President Buhari Slices Salary By Half
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will take only half of the salary paid to former head of state Goodluck Jonathan, his office announced on Friday. “President Muhammadu Buhari will only receive 50 percent of the salary paid to his predecessor,” the head of state’s spokesman Garba Shehu said in an emailed […]
Highlights of Brikama Sports Congress
This audio is a proof of what happened at the recently screwed up Brikama Youth and Sports Congress last month. In the audio, it is evident that Karang Lang Jatta has had his hands forced to sit on the hot seat of BYSA chairmanship. He can’t deny excusing his audience […]
Urgent Action Needed As Radio Director’s Whereabouts Remain Unknown
The managing director the Gambian Radio Station Teranga FM, Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay, was taken on 2 July by two men and since then his whereabouts are unknown. Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay is the managing director of Teranga FM an independent Gambian radio station which has been targeted in the past for […]
The Joint Opposition Stance On Electoral Amendment Part 1
What Options Are Available? A statement recently released by six opposition parties reveals that the parties have been in talks with each other about their long sought electoral reforms and “to take stock of all constitutional, legal, procedural and administrative challenges confronting the electoral system” since the 11th of May […]
Election Act: UDP Damns Jammeh Regime
The amendments to the Election Act endorsed by the National Assembly are a clear manifestation of the Jammeh regime’s desire to truncate democracy in The Gambia. The majority party in the National Assembly has done what it is known for… blindly endorsing any piece of legislation that comes before it from the […]
What Did America Give Blacks?
I often hear my white conservatives counterparts say that blacks think that the “America owes them something” and that blacks only want entitlements. They make it sound as if America has given blacks everything that they currently have and that blacks have contributed nothing in return. So What Did America […]
PDOIS Reacts To Election Amendment Bill
PDOIS’ STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2015 WITH SLIGHT CHANGES BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APRC ON THE DEFENSIVE THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE ON THE OFFENSIVE The battle against Elections (Amendment) Bill 2015 is unifying the sovereign people above party lines 9 July 2015 Halifa Sallah For the Central Committee […]
Where Are Africa’s Seers?
By Nkwazi Mhango Prophets, We used to have seers They’d see wide and far Ngugi saw butterflies Amah, the ugly ones, Senghor saw Negritude, Chinua saw some osus Nkwazi sees academic toxicity Lumumba sensed the danger Nyamnjoh sings grand narrative’s deceit I see ethical and political prostitutes Let’s rebel against […]
Baldeh Is Gone But Not Forgotten
Exactly a year ago, Gambians woke up with the shocking news of Bubacarr [Buba] Michael Baldeh’s death. The fall of man a who had left an indelible ink on our country’s political history was too bitter to swallow. Gambians soon poured in messages of condolences and prayers on the Baldeh […]
Massacre: Former Guinea Leader Indicted
Guinean former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara has been indicted in over a 2009 massacre in Conakry, his lawyer has told AFP news agency. More than 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters at the capital’s main stadium. Women there were raped and […]
AI Scolds Chad Over Rights Violations
Release land-grab campaigner jailed for exposing the truth Chadian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against a human rights defender sentenced to two-year imprisonment for peacefully expressing his views on the country’s judicial system, Amnesty International said today. Djeralar Minkeol is a Chadian activist and Director […]