The activist victims of the Gambia’s repressive and dictatorial regime have just entered the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to observe the country’s representative present overall human rights report. Dr. Amadou Scattered Janneh, former Gambian Minister of Communication and Kairo News Executive Editor, Musa Saidykhan, have flown to Geneva […]
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APRC Has Been Systematically Marginalizing Gambian Christians
By Lawrence Jabang Kindness and weakness are never the same and will never be the same. Unfortunately, they are too often confused. It’s a known fact that there is always comes a time when each would need to paddle his/her own canoe. Therefore, it is long overdue for Gambian Christians […]
UDP Mourns 2 Regional Chairmen
The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) mourned the death of its Regional Chairpersons. Below is the party leader’s message of condolences on the death of Alhagie Balamin Barrow and Baba Njie. On behalf of the United Democratic Party countrywide, the central committee, the senior executive committee, the youth executive, […]
Former Gambian MP Foday Makalo Passed Away
Foday Makalo was once labelled by the ex-Gambian President Sir Dawda Jawara as “Foday Mmee kalan lon” meaning, Foday it is hard to describe you in a political rally. Foday Makalo, a fire brand opposition parliamentarian of the National Convention Party (NCP), was described as a hard-hitting and uncompromising opposition. […]
UN Report Damns Guinea’s Appalling Detention Conditions
Detainees and prisoners in Guinea are held in squalid, overcrowded facilities that fall far short of international human rights standards, according to a new UN report released Monday on human rights in detention centres in the country.Based on visits by the UN Human Rights Office in Guinea to 30 detentions […]
Fatou Jaw Manneh’s Speech At Oslo Freedom Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7sPSi58ko8 Maafanta Proprietor and Publisher spoke at a recent Freedom Forum held in the Norwegian capital Oslo. Madam Fatou Jaw Manneh provided an account of her arrest, detention and subsequent prosecution by the Gambia’s dictatorial regime a few years ago. She explained the harrowing details of what happened to […]
Propaganda Blunder By Our Diaspora Activists
Unless we live in reality, we will continue to crave darkness claiming to be looking for solutions to our country’s political problem, which has become the root cause of all our problems. We have to understand the reality that President Jammeh has not been in power for 20 years due […]
Jammeh's Policy Failure Largely Responsible For Gambia's Collapse
Sarjo Bayang seeks to raise the bar higher Where systematic dispensation is lacking there human capital capability, efficiency and effectiveness can be seriously undermined. Optimal utilisation of policy instruments and good governance are key requirements for sustainable organisational development and institution building. Efficiency and effectiveness cannot be properly determined without […]
Ebola, And Gambia’s Alarming Death Rate: A Recipe For Disaster
The frequency with which adult Gambians die from preventable diseases, such as malaria, diabetes, or hypertension, is simply alarming. Hardly a week goes by without another obituary- reports of sudden death or collapse of citizens from all walks-of-life. Gambia’s “Teaching Hospital,” as well as other “hospitals” strewn around the country, […]
Methodological Approaches and Implications In Dealing with the Qur’an
By Dr Alhagie Manta Drammeh This paper provides a critique of both traditionalist and Orientalist approaches to the Islamic core sources namely, the Qur’an. The thrust of the paper will be to examine the different methods used to understand and deal with the Qur’an and how those methods are reflected […]
My Response to PDOIS’ Edgy Reaction
Dear Readers Having reviewed the information I received in relation to Madam Ida Jalllow-Sallah’s out of the odds high flying career at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education in The Gambia and having sought clarification from one of my sources on some aspects of that information, I wish to […]
Eulogy For Bottrop High Principal
“Everybody dies, but great souls are resurrected in our memories.” Samateh Died On October 22, 2014 Mr. Momodou Samateh, the principal of Kinderdorp Bottrop Technical High School, in Brikama was never famous or rich; never led troops into battle; never found the cure for any diseases. Mr. Samateh never […]