By Janko Camara It is not difficult to understand the logic behind Yahya Jammeh’s opposition to the idea of sending AU troops to Burundi. He is opposed to it not because of a non-interference policy in other countries’ internal affairs. No! He has a grand scheme. In opposing the idea, […]
Month: January 2016
Jammeh On A Rift Mission In Ethiopia
President Yahya Jammeh has traveled to Ethiopia to frustrate the African Union’s plans to deploy peacekeeping mission in Burundi, a country that risks sliding into another genocide. Burundi and its neighbour Rwanda both went through genocide resulting to mass termination of Tutsis. President Jammeh is so far the only African […]
EU Security Grills Ben; Is He Burying Jammeh’s Hot Evidence
In their bid to extract chaff from the wind, foreign security investigators had reportedly grilled Benedict Jammeh for hours about the fate of cocaine impounded by The Gambia government. The investigators have been acting on a tip off and surveillance signals that the said drugs, worth a billion dollars, were […]
‘Drop Visas For Africans In Africa’
AU urged to drop visas for Africans in Africa Union Commissioner for Social Affairs Dr Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko has urged African countries to ease their visa polices to stem migration from Africa to places like Europe by stimulating national and regional economic prospects in Africa. The commissioner specifically praised Rwanda […]
‘Electoral Bill Shouldn’t Be Enacted’
The opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism has raised concerned about the constitutionality of the Electoral Act. In a letter to President Yahya Jammeh, the party’s Secretary General is argued that the Bill was introduced by a wrong person (Head of the Civil Service who cannot be a […]
Why Noncitizens Vote In Gambia
Gambians have never voted in Senegal or Guinea Bissau. Why are these nationals voting in our presidential elections? Never in the history of Senegal have Gambians voted in Senegalese elections. Since 2001 Southern Senegalese nationals have been illegally registering and voting in our presidential elections. Gambians have always had high […]
Institution Building and Organisational Development In Gambia
By Sarjo Bayang Part 2: Grouping, Crowding, and Lack of Teaming in Gambia We explored the scope of institution building and organisational development for Gambia starting with Office of the President on our earlier issue in these series. Facts at hand confirmed that current occupier of Gambian presidency prefers to […]
‘I Don’t Vilify Darboe’s Character’
By Kinteh My observations above aren’t meant to vilify Mr. Darboe’s good character, nor was I out to doubt his competency to steer the affairs of the party and the hopes of many to see change come to the country. Nevertheless, it belongs to mature political culture, to debate […]
Gambia President Sacks Three Ministers
Budgetary pressure forced dictator Jammeh to fire three ministers and merged departments. BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh fired three government ministers in a department reshuffle on Wednesday, according to a statement, another unexpected turn for the tiny West African country. Minister of Fisheries Lamin Nyabally, Energy Minister Edward […]
Gambia: A Country That Bans Everything
The Gambia has become a country where nothing is spared for banning. Just last year, the government banned plastic bags without providing alternatives. As if it is obsessed with banning, the Jammeh government will never run out of something to ban. It has always been like that since July 1994. […]
Why Ben Jammeh Runs For His Life
Details of why the former Director General of National Drugs Enforcement Agency ran for his life are emerging, although in bits and pieces. Benedict Jammeh fled into exile in May 2013 after he had fallen apart with President Yahya Jammeh. He has since been living a quiet life in Senegal. […]
‘Please Don’t Emulate Dictator Jammeh’
Activists are raising concern that the newly elected Tanzanian President, John Magafuli, is sadly following in the footsteps of his Gambian counterpart who in December last year declared an Islamic state, pledging to respect the rights of the Christian minority but did the exact opposite. President Yahya Jammeh soon compelled […]