Delegates of the main opposition United Democratic Party today leave for a three day Congress retreat in Basse. Led by the party executive, delegates converged in Banjul before embarking on a journey to Basse. The party Secretary General Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s car was seen accompanied by a column of vehicles […]
Month: March 2016
Ex-Diplomat Sheds Light On Resumption Of Gambia-China Ties
The recent resumption of diplomatic ties between Gambia and mainland China continues to generate mixed reactions from people from different walks of life. In this One-on-One interview with journalist Abdoulie John, Essa Bokarr Sey, former Gambian plenipotentiary to France, Russia, Taiwan and the USA, gives insightful answers to the decision […]
Gano Calls For A Fula Female President – “Wallahi, Billahi, Tallahi”!!!
By Dida Jallow-Halake My indefatigable Fula in-law and ex-Jammeh ADC, Lt. Lamin Gano, has called on the opposition parties in The Gambia to put their differences aside and select a “neutral” candidate to lead them to victory in the December 2016 Presidential elections. The fired-up Lt. Is absolutely adamant that […]
Open Letter To Imams And The Muslim Ummah Of Gambia
Bissimillahi Rahman Rahim [In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful] The Gambian people are bleeding. We are tired and suffering. We are desperate and yet we the Muslim Ummah [Community] have the solution to end our suffering. Yaya Jammeh has rendered all our hopes of better and peaceful […]
A Look At Issues And Personalities In Gambian Politics
A look at topics, issues and personalities in Gambian Politics. DEMOCRACY is a phenomenal ideal, though it can never be deemed perfect in any given jurisdiction. When everyone is allowed to the podium and have their say, the job of the sovereign citizenry in determining who serves their interests better […]
“Jammeh Is Africa’s Biggest Thief”
OJ Sets Records At PPP Sukuta Rally By Yusef Taylor @FlexDan_YT on Twitter On Saturday 26th November the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) held a rally at Sukuta, Kombo North, in the so called “no go area” for Gambian Opposition. From 1965 to 1994, PPP was the dominant ruling party until […]
Gambian Who Kills Wife Risks Lengthy Jail
A Gambian immigrant who stabbed his wife to death risked going to jail for a longer period. Musa Baldeh, who hailed from Kantora village in Upper River Region, killed Aji Jawo with a kitchen knife on November 17th 2014 in Sant Pere Pescador in Spain. Baldeh faces up to 40 […]
Imam Sawaneh Freed At Last
After more than five months in illegal detention without trial, the Kanifing South mosque Imam is at last freed. Until the High Court ruling last week, Imam Alhagie Ousman Sawaneh remained in detention at Jan Jan Bureh prison in the Central River Region. Gambian authorities refused to explain any reasons […]
To Be Or Not To Be? That’s The Question?
By Abdul Savage FIRST and FOREMOST, I have said, time and time and again, for years, that I DO NOT condone, advocate, support and will never, ever be part of anything and everything that has to do with “force” to effect a change of government in the Gambia. THAT is […]
Women’s Right Violation Deters Progress
The Chief Executive Officer of Their Voice Must Be Heard believed that violation of women’s right seriously deters world progress. Mustapha Manneh, an active rights campaigner at Kartong village in Kombo South, said women’s rights must be respected, protected and guaranteed. His remarks were made in Kartong where his association […]
Why Am I Challenging President Jammeh?
By Lamin Gano While trying very hard to stay focused on revising my 22 reasons for Jammeh not to run for a fifth term, I can’t help being bombarded with and distracted by questions. For example is it not hypocritical of me to call Jammeh my godfather, flash his pictures […]
Navy Commander Fled With Family
A Gambian navy commander declared wanted by the government has fled with his family, Kairo News sources confirmed. Lt. Commander Momodou Badjie, an Administrative Officer of the Gambia Navy, is declared wanted by the government after efforts to ascertain his whereabouts were fruitless. In a televised statement, Badjie was accused […]