By DAVID CHANEN, STAR TRIBUNE A handful of protesters who support Papa Faal gathered outside of the courthouse. A Brooklyn Center U.S. Air Force veteran accused of participating in a coup to overthrow the president of Gambia was denied release Thursday during an appearance in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. […]
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Gambia Comes "Clean" On Foiled Coup
The Gambia government has finally come clean on last week’s attack on State House. In a statement, the Jammeh government avoided calling the attackers action a coup. Read below the statement in full: “On Tuesday, 30th December, 2014, at 2am GMT, the State House was attacked by a well-equipped, well-funded […]
“Neither Military Nor Cabinet Said A Word”
The Secretary General of the opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has written that “Even though the insurgency was contained during the early hours of the morning, the officials were completely silent in the morning of the 30th of December. This gave rise to suspense in the public […]
FBI Hunt Coup Leaders In America: Banka Manneh Questioned
(Reuters) – A Gambian civil society leader based in the United States said on Wednesday he had been questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a failed coup plot allegedly planned on U.S. soil. Federal prosecutors have already charged a Texas businessman and a former U.S. Army sergeant over […]
Gambia Coup Plotters: Model Citizens
Gambia coup plotters: model citizens at home in US, but ‘everybody has a breaking point’ Cherno Nije and Papa Faal are successful American citizens who by all accounts were living the American dream. No one knew of their secret plan to seize control of their home country of the Gambia. […]
Senegal Deporting Gambians On Transit
Senegalese authorities have refused some Gambians the opportunity to enter through their airport, Kairo News is reliably informed. Many Gambians travelling from the United States and certain European countries use Senegal as their port of entry. However, in the wake of the recent events, some Gambians have been refused to enter the West […]
Sheriff Is Young, Gifted & Gambian – Give Him A Break!
By Dida Halake (Yea, yea, I know the smart asses will mention Sheriff’s friend Momodou Sabally too, but I will ramble on anyway!) I don’t remember how I met Sheriff Bojang, Da Prince of Brikama, but I have always like the guy. He has always been smart and I have […]
Sheriff Joins Jammeh’s Cabinet
President Yahya Jammeh has appointed a prominent Gambian media chief as the country’s Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Kairo News was tipped. Sheriff Bojang snr. replaces Nana Grey-Johnson who was fired from the post in November 2013. No reasons were advanced for the removal of Nana, a seasoned journalist who joined […]
U.S. Federal Prosecutors Explain Charges
‘In the Case of Cherno Njie and Papa Faal versus U.S federal Prosecutors. Papa Faal admits involvement in coup plot, admits shipment of weapons and being in the Gambia or surroundings. Cherno Njie did not also dispute charges as yet. How did the U.S prosecutors get access to the information […]
Papa Faal, Cherno Njie Charged With Attempted Coup
US charges over Gambia ‘coup plot’ against Yahya Jammeh Two men have been charged in the US with attempting to overthrow The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, the justice department has said. The men, who are of Gambian origin, will appear in court on accusations of conspiring against a friendly nation […]
Deconstructing Yahya Jammeh – Part II
By Baba Galleh Jallow In the last three months of 2014, Yahya Jammeh gave orders that the titles Nasiru Deen and Babili Mansa be immediately dropped from his lengthy appellation of His Excellency the President of the Republic Sheikh Alhaji Professor Dr. Yahya AJJJ Jammeh Nasiru Deen Babili Mansa. As […]
Befitting Tribute To Fallen Heroes
A cross section of the Gambian community in the diaspora has mourned the death of what it called “the sad loss in action of comrades in the struggle to liberate our motherland from the shackles of one of the worst dictatorships the African continent has known.” In a press release, […]