By Baba Jobe While individual world leaders are working hard for greater inclusive societies, it’s unfortunate Yahya Jammeh is preoccupied with his ‘divide and rule’ sickness. News emanating from the media has reported that Jammeh has launched an attack on the Mandinka tribe. Like many, the news has left me […]
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Fass Njaga: Jammeh’s Capitulation Queried Amid Unjustified Euphoria
By Momodou Kabba Fatty The recent standoff between UDP militants and Jammeh’s security forces, and the eventual backing down of those forces has raised hopes that the beginning of the end of Jammeh is imminent, and the fear factor he depends on is beginning to crumble. The massive public support […]
NIA And Hissene Habre’s DDS
Gambian dictator President Jammeh rules by fear. The feared NIA and Military intelligence carry out all forms of torture they have learnt from rogue security agents of the Chadian military police, DDS. A culture of tortures, killings, and executions have been used to scare the masses to subjugation. One woman’s […]
Jammeh Embarrasses Gambia At ECOWAS; Bids To Be Life President
When news leaked that ECOWAS were to table a proposal at their next sitting to explore the possibility of instituting presidential term limits for member states, I thought it was sarcasm. I thought it was an expensive prank until I saw it on the regional body’s site. Then I thought […]
Jammeh’s Agent Hosts US Presidential Candidate’s Fundraiser
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who announced last month that he will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, will hold a campaign fundraiser on Wednesday with an array of Washington lobbyists. One of the lobbyists co-hosting the event (and helping to raise money for Rubio) is BGR Group principal Jennifer […]
Gambia, Togo Deny ECOWAS Term Limit
How convenient for other ECOWAS leaders to wave along with the votes of two small countries against the proposal to cap Presidential term in office at the Accra ECOWAS bloc summit. If ECOWAS want to salvage any self-respect from being a toothless bogus African regional money wasting diplomatic outfit, then they […]
Senegal Leader Elected ECOWAS Chair
Senegalese President Macky Sall has been elected as the new Chair of the ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] Authority Heads of State and Government, for a renewable one year term. The election was one top of the agenda as the leaders met at the 47th Ordinary Session of […]
Caliph’s Trial Awaits Judgment
The Brikama Magistrates’ Court will make a ruling on May 27 on the ongoing conspiracy and disobedience to lawful order case involving Darsilami Sangajor caliph, Muhideen Hydara and the village chieftain, Buyeh Touray. This was declared yesterday by Magistrate Ebrima Jaiteh following the adoption of the written address by counsels […]
We’ll Take Jammeh On Double Standard
Evil at home and showing kindness to the Royingya People. ‘Gambia offers to resettled the Royingya people in Niumi, Baddibou or Jarra’. The Gambian dictator who is evil and ruthless to his own people wants to be the world’s kindest Muslim leader by offering to take in the embattled fugitives.’ […]
The Judiciary: Gambia’s Constitutional Orphan
Dismissed, expelled, and incredibly, absolutely no reason advanced. And this the – rumoured, and later confirmed – plight of Hon. Chief Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan on 12 May 2015. Weeks earlier, the rumour mills were churning out the summary dismissal of Justice Edrissa Fafa M’bai, a Judge of the High […]
U.S. Slams Gambia President’s Anti-gay Comments
Following calls from LGBT advocates urging her to speak out, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice condemned on Saturday the president of Gambia’s pledge to slit the throats of gay men in his country as “unconscionable.” “We condemn his comments, and note these threats come amid an alarming deterioration of […]
Jammeh’s Bad Mouthing At Citizens – A Cause For Continued Concern
By Yero Jallow “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not […]