By Roger Benjamin No love between the two Presidents. Macky Sall declined to grace the 50th independence celebration of The Gambia, but with good reasons. Invited to the official celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Gambian independence on Wednesday in Banjul Senegalese President Macky Sall, declined the invitation […]
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Will The Minnesota Federal Courts Deliver Justice? Part 5
By Yero Jallow After I ran part 1 to 4 on whether the Minnesota Federal Courts will deliver justice in the trial of the trio (Papa Faal, Cherno Njie, and Alhagie Saidy Barrow), I wanted make the intended final submission, part 5, very interactive for readers. It will capture the […]
Gambia’s Independence Means A Lot
The leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) believes The Gambia’s independence means a lot, despite the current unfortunate state of affairs which makes it disheartening to talk about anything positive. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s message – contained in his party’s 50th Golden Jubilee Message – recognises the “positives and […]
Abuse Reports Overshadow Gambia’s Jubilee Party
The Gambia prepared to mark its 50th year of independence, with festivities overshadowed by growing complaints over its rights record and the regime increasingly seen abroad as a pariah. President Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled the former British colony with an iron fist since seizing power in 1994, was due […]
Coup Finds Gambia At Crossroads
The insurgency took place at a time when Gambia was at a crossroads. The Government had just requested over one billion dalasis as supplementary appropriation to the 2014 budgetary allocation of 10.2 billion dalasis. 459 million dalasis went to the Office of President to cover cost such as expenditure on […]
Coup Suspects’ Parents Disappear
The parents of Dawda and Bakary Bojang have still not been accounted for 48 days after their arrest in Mbankam village in North Bank Region. Essa Bojang and Fatou Sonko were arrested by police from Amdalai after their two sons have been implicated in the December 30th failed attack on […]
Senegal Woman Burns Her Kids To Death
A Senegalese mother of three was accused of burning her kids to death, in protest against her husband’s right to have full custody over the kids. Read details in the story below by www.mirror.com: “A mother allegedly locked her three daughters in a shed and burned them alive while her […]
Will Minnesota Federal Courts Deliver Justice? Part 4
By Yero Jallow “The invincibility of our cause and the certainty of our final victory are the impenetrable armor of those who consistently uphold their faith in freedom and justice in spite of political persecution” (Nelson Mandela. Culled from the web https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/i-am-prepared-to-die on 2/15/2015). Part 4 of the series will […]
Alleged Coup Plotter’s Minor Freed
Agents of the feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have released the 13-year-old son of Baboucarr ‘Bai’ Lowe, one of the men accused of launching an attack on State House in Banjul on December 30th, 204. Bai’ Lowe, a former Warrant Officer Class 2 of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), is […]
Is There Anything To Celebrate?
Gambians Mourn Death Of An Independent Nation 20 out of 50 years For a president that seized power dislodging democratically elected government by force of guns in a coup, Yaya Jammeh has no moral justification and lacks all political sanity celebrating 50 years since Gambia became independent from colonial rule […]
Hissene Habre Finally Goes To Trial
A court in Senegal has ordered former Chadian President Hissene Habre to stand trial for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. Judges at the Extraordinary African Chamber said there was sufficient evidence against Mr Habre, who is in custody in Senegal. The court was set up by Senegal […]
Nigerian Troops Repel Terror Attack
Nigerian troops have repelled a Boko Haram attack on the north-east city of Gombe, officials say. Soldiers and a fighter jet were used in a counter-attack after Islamist fighters overran a checkpoint on the edge of the city. The insurgents were retreating towards their stronghold in the neighbouring state of […]