About 5pm GMT today, the touring convoy of United Democratic Party was intercepted at Fass Njaga Choi in Niumi. The UDP leader, lawyer Ousainou Darboe pointed out that, he will not return or turn back to Barra, a request made by the police. As the UDP supporters and leaders continue […]
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Prison Fright Looms Over Freed Captive
The authorities in The Gambia have released a long detained woman who was arrested in suspicion of secretly thrashing government information to Gambian online media and ex-military officers in abroad. A team of NIA undercover operation arrested Fatou Drammeh on 27 June 2012. She was kept incommunicado until her release. […]
UDP Begins Nationwide Tour
UDP Nationwide Tour April 16 – April 26 2015 It’s no secret the appalling human rights abuses in the Gambia. It is a known fact the serious economic mismanagement by the authorities in the Gambia. These and many other issues are known quantities to everyone. While we keep ourselves reminded […]
Activists Target Senegalese Wrestlers
By Abdoulie John Pro-democracy activists vowed to sensitize Senegalese artists and a wrestlers on the deteriorating human rights situation in Gambia. “Despite some pitfalls, we will continue to sensitize Senegalese artists and wrestlers on the plight of Gambians,” said Fadel Barro of Y’en a marre movement during a press briefing held on […]
Eddie Conta: Music Is A Tool To Sell The Heritage
“I came into music to promote cultural assertiveness since all around me were people who are ashamed of their heritage, background and lacking a sense of belonging due to the European upbringing” Eddie Conta Young Eddie Conta travelled to Sweden at a very young age from the Gambia to join his […]
April 15th, African Freedom Day
By Sainey Faye “It is time for new hands to lift the burdens.” – Nelson Mandela “My generation led Africa to political freedom.The current generation of leaders and peoples of Africa must pick up the flickering torch of African Freedom, refuel it with their enthusiasm and determination, and carry it […]
Where Accountability Accountability To Gambian People Stops And Begins?
As we all are aware, Jammeh’s rule is an event receding into the past, into Gambian history, and we all know there is NO statute of limitation on murders in any civilized society, since the existence of mankind. In addition to “murders” we all are aware of, and tracking of […]
‘A Divided Opposition Can Never Stand’
A diasporan Gambian organisation has launched an appeal to the opposition parties to team up and select the right candidate for the 2016 presidential race, insisting that “a divided opposition can never stand.” In a statement, the National Transitional Council of The Gambia (NTCG) said the goal is to make […]
Hillary Clinton: Race For US Presidency
By Yero Jallow “People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.” – Chinua Achebe. Oh well, good luck to the Clintons. Hilary Clinton has been dragging her feet on this, but her interest in […]
The Validity Of Gambia’s Death Penalty Regime: A Question The Supreme Court Answered Incorrectly
By Lamin J Darbo With the recent announcement of Courts Martial verdicts on the 30 December 2014 State House attacks, the question of the death penalty is back on the agenda as a topic of major public interest. Both sides of the underlying political spectrum informing the December events are […]
Gambian Wins US Council Seat
A Gambian born US citizen, Samba Baldeh on Wednesday won his election bid for a Council man seat in District 17 of Madison, the capital of Wisconsin State in the north-west of the United States, beating a four times incumbent Senior Council Man Joe Clausius. Clausius was first elected to […]
Tribalism: Constitutional Constipation
By Johnson My Marxist/Leninist/Maoist Comrades cum Friends and I had been locked in disagreement. No matter how I marshalled my arguments I could not persuade him that Pan-Africanism was an African Personality to the World Working Class Movement. Indeed within Pan-Africanism we faced possible unnecessary “ruptures” between so called “Nkrumahists”; […]