Justice Raymond Sock (JSC) and Justice Gibou Janneh (JSC) sacked and dismissed as Supreme Court Judges yesterday. Kairo News legal source deemed this latest judicial assault as ‘taking away the Gambian touch at higher echelon in legal rulings’. The drama continues in the Gambian judiciary as the last two remaining […]
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‘One Party State Is Unconstitutional’
Gambian opposition leader said it is unconstitutional to have a one party state in The Gambia. Despite striving hard to strategically create a one party state, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe said Section 100 of the 1997 Constitution barred the Jammeh regime from achieving such a goal. The United Democratic Party (UDP) […]
Worrying Gambian Murders Abroad
The brutal killing of yet another Gambian immigrant has renewed fear of insecurity among Gambians abroad. Police are still looking for three men accused of beating Bubacarr Camara to death in a robbery that went wrong in New York last week. The 26-year-old was violently attacked at his father’s store. […]
‘Do Your Best During Ramadan’
The Imam Ratib of Detroit Islamic Center has exhorted Muslims to do their “best during the holy month of Ramadan.” Imam Momodou Ceesay’s message is packaged in his annual Ramadan letter to Muslims. “I salute all the Muslims in the world as welcome this very important and great month of […]
Africans In America: A Historical Perspective Of Juneteenth
By Sainey Faye “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.This involves an absolute equality of rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.The freemen are […]
Referendum Season: Illiberalism Collides With Constitutional Entrenchment
By Lamin J Darbo In light of the November 2014 full bench Supreme Court decision in Colonel Lamin Bo Badjie & 6 Others and the State (SC Crim. Appeal No: 1-7/2011), there is now legal certainty about when a court in The Gambia can impose a death sentence. For the […]
14th CODESRIA General Assembly In Dakar: A Very Successful Event
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), ranked among the three premier research institutes in Africa, and based in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, held its 14th General Assembly, from June 8-13. Participants and invited guests came from all corners of the globe- united by an overarching […]
Gambia Gov’t Taken To Task In Geneva
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 […]
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 […]