By Abdoulie John Fabakary Tombong Jatta of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has challenged the independence of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), casting doubt on the ability of one its members to deliver fairness. He said TRRC Director of Research and Investigations, Alagie Barrow, […]
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DLEAG Boss Calls On Gambians To Close Ranks On Drug Trafficking
By Abdoulie John As the West African region is increasingly becoming a hub for illegal drug trade, the Director General of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG), Alhaji Bakary Gassama, is calling on Gambians to join hands and vigorously fight drug trafficking. Domestic and international drug trafficking are […]
Our Wounds Can Never Be Healed
We cannot live a day without thinking about some of the atrocities being committed by former President Yahya Jammeh and his PRC regime during their 22 years of existence. The fact that the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission has now been lunched doesn’t mean that we can easily forget about […]
GRTS Copying Senegal’s RTS
By Saul Saidykhan Last week, the young comedian Kitabu Fatty publicly complained about not getting sponsorship from Gambia’s public corporations. Won’t you know it, they found a solution: do your comedy in Wolof, not ‘tribal’ Mandinka and we’ll sponsor you! Think this is a joke? Watch Kitabu’s GRTS show. See […]
‘Media Freedom Is Not Under Threat’
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Aboubacarr Tambadou, has cleared air over government’s commitment to upholding the basic tenets of democracy including freedom of expression and that of the press. “I wish to reassure everyone that the constitutional right to freedom of expression and the […]
Why Some Jammeh Victims Can’t Wait For TRRC
The pains, trauma, psychological, physical and mental abuses of Jammeh’s victims are too deep that some cases cannot wait for the much-touted Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) to sit let alone submit recommendations for reparation or compensation. Some of these victims need urgent medical and psychological help and cannot […]
Activists Scale Up #Jammeh2Justice Campaign
By Abdoulie John Barely a year after the campaign to bring Yahya Jammeh and his accomplices to justice (#Jammeh2Justice) kicked off, activists are scaling up their action on the new authorities to fully support the initiative taken by Ghana to extradite and prosecute ex-Gambian dictator in their country. Far from […]
ECOWAS Leads ‘Illicit Circulation’ Of Arms Fight
By Abdoulie John As the region is increasingly facing security challenges, the ECOWAS Commission on Thursday hosted a meeting to review the Convention on proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the region. Held at Paradise Suites Hotel, in Kololi, the meeting brought together national commissions chairperson, experts from […]
A Rising Giant Or Sleeping Giant: Debunking The Myth That Africa Cannot Transform
By: Professor Alhagi Manta Drammeh (Fellow Higher Education Academy FHEA and Fellow Royal Society of Arts, FRSA UK) As a young student in Asia attending a seminar 20 years ago, I was struck by a statement of my colleague who said that Africa is a giant. A participant in the […]
OIC Banjul Summit Preparations In High Gear
By Abdoulie John The Chief Executive Officer for the Secretariat of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Gambia (OIC), Lamin Sanneh, on Tuesday said preparations for the hosting of the Summit have reached an advanced stage. Lamin Sanneh was speaking to journalists at the OIC Secretariat headquartered at Petroleum House, […]
Gamdesigner Provides Market For Gambian Designers
Gamdesigners is a newly formed company registered in the United Kingdom to Provide the platform for all Gambian designers to be able to showcase their talents to the international market. It is a state of the art platform built by Gambians with top security and the payment gateway provided by […]
Why Africa’s NGOs Are Not Doing Well
By Abdoulie John Veteran Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer has explained why African “NGOs are not doing well.” Lawyer Femi Falana of Falana Falana Chambers told the NGO Forum of the 63rd Ordinary Session of African Commission of Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) that “There is no way you can sit […]