The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG) has called on the Jammeh government to prosecute all those who have been implicated by the inquiry commission into the April 10 and 11, 2000 bloody student protest. This call is contained in a statement issued by CORDEG. Find […]
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‘Free People Don’t Like Being Bullied’
I have just seen DUGA’s open letter to Youssou Ndour (my hero too for his anti-Apartheid activism – he did the Anthem “BIKO” with Peter Gabriel). With great respect to DUGA, and other Diaspora Gambians who have been criticising Senegalese musicians and even Macky Sall himself, people who are fighting […]
The Hunter Is Now The Hunted
“I have not enjoyed being the President of the Gambia for nearly 10 years,” President Jammeh has reportedly admitted in a private talk. Gambian tyrant President, Alh, Yahya AJJ Professor ‘Dr’ Jammeh (Nasirudeen) is missing in the EU annual review panel on Gambia scheduled for tomorrow in Brussels, Belgium. The […]
GCC's Flexibility Is Undoubted
By Kebba Abdoulie Sanneh In the muddy waters of the asymmetrical Gambian politics on the ground and the current appearance of different diaspora organisations with their platforms outlining their goals, strategy and calculative measures of the highest Machiavellian theories of undermining, destablising and ultimately bringing the regime of terror to […]
Re: CORDEG’s Utterly Blurred Vision
It is the tone of the opening paragraph that set the message of the write-up, and left me with bewilderment and disappointment. Let me preface by saying that I have a tremendous respect for Lamin Darboe, someone that brings lots of experience from the bench with an unquestionable sharp legal […]
CORDEG’s Utterly Blurred Vision
By Lamin J Darbo Its leadership is almost entirely Diaspora-based, with some absent from The Gambia for two, maybe three decades. Under Professor Jammeh’s Constitution, none of those leaders are qualified to contest any public elections slated for 2016/17. Outside the cyber political world, the organisation and its leadership are […]
Development Is Less Impressive If…
By Lamin Touray The Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) UK has said development is less impressive if it does not include freedom from fear, violence, ill health, life threatening environmental pollution and abusive employment practices. David Mepham, the guest speaker at the 32nd Marlborough Brandt Group Lent Lecture on […]
Let’s Boycott Thione Seck
By Kaba Sallah Let’s take the fight against Dictator Yaya Jammeh to his friends and collaborators in our oppression! Let us not sponsor our own oppression – Lets hit our oppressors in the pocket! As you may have already heard, the Senegalese musician, Thione Seck, is preparing for a tour […]
So I Keep My Quiet
I want to speak for my rights, but I was threatened to be jailed, if what I say is not liked by the government. “Just keep quiet and mind your business,” as if what I am saying is not my business. So I keep my quiet. I want to speak […]
Our New Redlight District
Africa is noted for marking each occasion with a fanfare of musical and traditional jamboree. Suffice it to say, each music or dance celebrates and showcases its cultural uniqueness and way of life. The Gambia is no exception to such carnivals. However, what distinguishes her from the rest of other […]
‘Respect The Mighty Pen’
A Gambian born Imam Ratib of Detroit has exhorted pen pushers to be always mindful of what they write. Imam Momodou Ceesay describes the pen as a very respected and mighty creation of God. “God stresses the power, respect and value of the pen in the Quran where a special […]
Spirit Love
By Baba Galleh Jallow Like a river she flows In the valley of his soul Like a rainbow he smiles on the crest of her dreams Like a wave she plays on the sea of his chest Like the breeze he whispers in the silence of her life Like a […]