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 […]
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“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 […]
Nailing Coffin On Gambian Democracy
The decision to amend Elections Act 2001 is nothing short of nailing the coffin on Gambian democracy. The proposed Amendment Bill 2015 is guaranteed of being passed by our rubber-stamping Parliament as soon as the Justice Minister Mama Fatima Singhateh tables it before the lawmakers on June 23rd. The bill, […]
Gambian Politics Face Serious Threat
The leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) has complained about the political atmosphere in The Gambia. Hamat N.K. Bah said there is every indication that the country’s political life is under serious threat. Mr. Bah made the statement in the face of the Independent Electoral Commission’s decision to […]
Tiny Gambia Has A Big Export: Migrants Desperate To Reach Europe
DAMPHA KUNDA, Gambia — The village was losing its young men. Hundreds had left their thatched-roof huts and tiny squares of farmland for the promise of Europe. About 40 had died on the way. Susso knew nearly all of them. He had prayed at the funerals after their boats capsized […]
Gambia Democracy Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On 6/16/15, Gambia Democracy Fund (GDF) convened an emergency meeting and passed a motion to donate $1,200 for Coalition for Change Gambia to help defray the cost of travel and hotel accommodations for our comrades attending a summit in Geneva. These outstanding citizens of The Gambia left […]
Mr. Tajudeen Hussein and Tajco Must First Have A Hearing
About a month ago it was the Honourable Chief Justice who reportedly suffered the ignominy of being declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave our shores. In a similar development, and for the second time in as many years, Mr Tajudeen Hussein, of Tajco, had until 30 […]