Month: May 2015

Politics

Letter to Yahya Jammeh, No. 1

  By Foday Samateh This regards your visit to Jali and related matters. For starters, I’ve long since decided never to address you by the office you occupy. And all Gambians should renounce glorifying the abomination of calling you president. You don’t have the dignity or the character for such […]

News

Burundi Opposition Figure Shot Dead

Opposition officials confirm death of Union for Peace of Development party leader in capital Bujumbura. Zedi Feruzi, a leader of an opposition party, has been shot dead alongside his bodyguard in Bujumbura, a leading opposition figure has confirmed to Al Jazeera. Feruzi, whose bloodied body was found in the Ngagara […]

Politics

For The Gambia Our Homeland!

By Lamin Saddam Sanyang, The Netherlands For The Gambia Our Homeland is the national anthem of The Gambia, written by Virginia Julia Howe and composed by Jeremy Frederic Howe (based on the traditional Mandinka song Foday Kaba Dumbuya). It was adopted after an international competition to produce an anthem (and […]