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Jammeh Has Lost Political Battle

President Yahya Jammeh Has Lost the Political/ Moral Battle and Must Step Down Now! The foiled December 29, 2014 coup effort in The Gambia is yet another blow to an already embattled regime and its head, Yahya Jammeh. As it were, the foiled coup followed in the wake of world-wide […]

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Latest On Coup In Gambia

Latest news from the Gambia alleged that President Yahya Jammeh’s loyalists are not in control as they have earlier claimed. Rather, we are told the coup is alive as we write this piece. President Jammeh is said to have avoided going back to the Gambia, believing that the situation remains […]

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Jammeh’s Forces 100% In Control?

Forces loyal to President Yahya Jammeh claimed to be 100% certainty in full control of the situation in Banjul where a reported coup was purported to have been repelled. Senior military officials also confirmed that former Col. Lamin S. Sanneh and three attackers are feared dead. One of the attackers was captured […]

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Senior Military Official Confirms Coup Deaths

A high-ranking official of the Gambia National Army has confirmed the killing of three alleged coupists in the capital Banjul last night. In a message, the Army Official whose identity cannot be disclosed for security reasons, confirmed that all the armed coupists died in a shootout at State House. The […]

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News flash: Coup In the Gambia

AFP news sources citing the Gambian army are saying “they have foiled a coup attempt in Banjul.” However, Kairo News gathered that some Gambian soldiers intend to carry the coup attempt after the earlier attempt had failed. The situation in the capital is still uncertain and no clear news is coming out. What […]

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A Possible Way Forward Part 2

Sphere Two, The Independent Candidates Tendency Given the fact that APRC, since its inception, has been run as the personal property of President Yahya Jammeh, and that the established opposition political parties have been so ineffective, and upon the bargain, been trapped in election boycotts. It is no big surprise that there […]

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'Gambia Never Benefitted AGOA'

The Gambia government has angrily reacted to the expulsion from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, saying it was a good riddance. In a statement issued by the Office of the President in Banjul, the Gambia government blamed the United States for not having good intention for Gambians. It also […]

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'Deyda Is A Sacrificial Lamb'

By Basirou Conateh The Secretary General of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has described the Gambia’s assassinated senior editor as a “Sacrificial Lamb of the Gambia.” Halifa Sallah told a symposium organised by the Gambia Press Union last week that “culture of impunity leads to culture of […]