Just a few weeks ago I read on one of the Online papers a challenge issued to the Information Minister of The Gambia, Honourable Sherrif Bojang to announce what University he attended in England. It appears Sherrif has gone ‘Mumu’ on this challenge even though everyone knows how he likes to talk. A day or two after the initial Sandeng demonstration a friend in South England called and lamented that Sherrif Bojang was on the BBC defending the tyrant and barbarian Yahya Jammeh. I was not surprised at all having grown up with Sherrif in Brikama. This Man will sell his…
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By Mathew K Jallow The tripartite report implicitly exonerates protestations against the unbearable oppression, and by extension concedes the prevalence of politics burdened by the state’s crushing overreach, but fell far short of acknowledging the twenty-one years of violence, which underpins Gambian politics. The report is also a rehash of the African Union and ECOWAS old playbook; aligning with Yahya Jammeh and his cabal, rather than with the traumatized Gambian people. In general, the report is a calculated blunder for its absolute lack of a sense of urgency equivalent to the gravity of the Gambia’s ongoing political crisis. More noteworthy,…
EDM Calls for a full and independent investigation into the deaths in custody Women protesting in Gambia More than 20 British MPs have signed a motion condemning the Gambia government and its security forces for using excessive force against peaceful protesters leading to the death of political activists of the main opposition Party United Democratic Party. The Motion continue to enjoy cross party support from all political parties in the British Parliament(House of Common) A copy of the Parliamentary motion follows below http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2015-16/1417/ The EDM tabled by Anne McLaughlin of the Scottish National Party (SNP) who also double as the party`s spokesperson on civil liberties, also express…
A Poem: In Depths of Solitude By Yero Jallow In depths of solitude we bitterly mourn – Bitter, sorrow, agony and pain, Crying over wounds of predicaments. When the sun kindles its luminous hurricanes, Pendulums swinging at constant oscillations, The wind carries the uneasy burden on its wings, The Pharaoh imprisoned the bodied souls, While liberating spirits jubilate in uproars, In those depths of hopelessness we bitterly mourn, Yearning to get to the Promised Land. The bystanders in mockery observed the show It is Orwellian “Animal Farm” all over again – “Four legs good, two legs bad,” In those depths of…
The managing Director of the Gambia Ports Authority has made a staggering revelation on the amount of Revenue his Organization is losing on a monthly basis due to the Senegal Gambia border closure. In an article published by the point newspaper titled “GPA losing massive revenue due to border closure” the GPA boss Lamin Sanyang revealed that the Ports Authority used to collect over Nine million (9,000,000) Gambian Dalasis ($225,000) through the Trans-Gambia transportation services. Mr. Sanyang said “We cannot quantify how much revenue we are losing, but we know very well that most part of our revenue, especially at the…
What seemed unthinkable about six months ago is beginning to look eerily probable. Donald Trump, billionaire politician who claimed President Barrack Obama occupies the oval office illegally because Obama was allegedly not born on US soil as well as calling for a halt on Muslims entering the USA and other outrageous statements, might well clinch the Republican Party’s nomination for the US Presidential election later this year In the rather unlikely eventuality that Trump wins the Republican nomination and goes on to defeat the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party; former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, how will US…
Solo Sandeng tortured to Death by his government Yayha Jammeh leader of Gambia A joint mission by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) Thursday concluded a visit to Banjul and called on the government to protect the rights of its citizens, in particular, ensure freedom of expression, assembly, political participation. The mission also called for an immediate, credible and independent investigation into the April political incident and urged the Government of The Gambia to allow due process of law. The Mission was led by the President of the ECOWAS Commission,…
Fellow Citizens, Gambia Democracy Fund (GDF) would like to invite all media houses to a schedule fundraiser to support and sustain the efforts on the ground; to restore democracy and rule of law in Gambia. This event is set to take place on Saturday May 7th, 2016 at 10am. We solicit your support and will be grateful if you can carve two hours of your time to help us reach your audience. As GDF will be hosting this event, we will send you the call in number details latest Friday evening. Thank you and we look forward to a fruitful fundraising event. Kindly notify…
Gambia’s Interior Minister Ousman Sonko We have established that The Gambia government through the interior minister Ousman Sonko has embarked on quest to acquire poison through illicit sources in Eastern Europe. The regime of Yahya JAMMEH has over the years employed various methodologies to carry out extra judicial killings and other atrocities ranging from outright execution with firearms, extensive torture leading to fatality and administration rudimentary poisoning from sources like acids from lead batteries. For the first time, the government is attempting to source industrial toxins and add to its arsenal of terror. We are serving notice that the government of…
There are certain conditions no human being dead or alive should be subjected to no matter the circumstances. Humans are sacred animal beings created in the most beautiful manner engulfed in a beautiful body and mind. When such unique creatures are shown in certain conditions every human being with blood running in their veins must come to their senses and be shocked with conditions they see. In other words no human being deserve to be subjected to the most cruel and inhumane manner a nation has ever seen regardless of the circumstances. This was the condition of three Gambian…