In 2015, 71 journalists killed in relation to their work; 199 imprisoned New York, January 6, 2015–In 2015, 71 journalists were killed in direct relation to their work, making it the fourth deadliest year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping records in 1992, the organization said today. Thirty of the journalists killed, or 42 percent, died at the hands of extremist groups such as Islamic State. Those killings came as more than half of the 199 journalists imprisoned in 2015 were jailed on anti-state charges, showing how the press is caught between perpetrators of terrorism and governments purporting…
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By Gainako’s Roving Reporter Reliable sources reaching Gainako at this hour reveal that the Witch Hunters are on the spree, going door to door in Kamfenda (Foni) in an attempt to arrest Citizens in the name of witchcraft. Our reporter spoke with many on the ground to see how things are going. One source that reached out to Gainako noted that the Witch hunters are still going door to door in Kamfenda from where they will be heading to other places. Meanwhile this reporter couldn’t ascertain if the soldier that was diagnosed of witch craft at Sulayman James…
Breaking News: Jammeh on WitchCraft Again By Gainako’s Banjul Roving Staff Writer Shocking news reaching Gainako reported that a repetition of arrests of innocent elders in the name of witchcraft is underway as we go to press. According to close sources, a soldier from Kamfenda, a native village in Foni was seriously sick and was hospitalized in Bwiam (Foni) at the Sulayman James Junkung Hospital. The Doctors informed the patient and Jammeh’s Green boys that the illness is related to witchcraft and can’t be cured by Western medicine. Jammeh ordered the immediate screening of citizens in Foni Kamfenda and surrounding…
I was born in Banjul where I received my education. I initially trained as a teacher, and was posted in various parts of the country, including the rural areas. I observed that women were working for over 18 hours and walking for long distances to collect firewood with their children on their back. As a home craft teacher, I worked with them on activities such as improving family health through improved nutritional education and on building skills for income generation. I realised that these women were also exploited and that their concerns were not taken into consideration in most…
PDOIS’ NEW YEAR MESSAGE 1st January 2016 Issued by Halifa Sallah for the Central Committee 2016 -THE YEAR OF DECISION FORWARD WITH A NEW GAMBIA OWNED AND DRIVEN BY THE PEOPLE TO ATTAIN A LIFE OF LIBERTY, DIGNITY AND PROSPERITY A THIRD SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC USHERING IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE IS IN VIEW This year 2016 is the year of decision. The Gambian people are to go to election on 1st December 2016 to choose a President to preside over the affairs of the country until 2021. This would be the end of the second…
‘Crackdown on Skin Bleaching’ Gambian President Yahya Jammeh who recently pronounced the small West African State of the Gambia an “Islamic State” has commence enforcement of his pronouncement without the constitutional amendments required to change the Republican status of the country. In a Presidential Directive circulated by the Office of the Personnel Management to all government departments, a copy of which was received by Gainako through a highly confidential source directs all Department heads to immediately implement a policy of enforcing female head ties commonly referred to in Islam as Hijab. The directive reads “This is to inform you that an…
For close to twenty years, the followers of Gambian politics have always champion the alliance tactic that if we can just bring all the opposition parties under one tent with one single candidate, it will be the best chance of defeating Jammeh and the APRC. Interestingly, the alliance tactic is not based on the math because by adding the total number of votes for the opposition in the past elections will still be defeated by the APRC. Therefore, there has to be some other rationale in the alliance tactic other than the addition of total number of votes. According…
By Mathew K Jallow The anticipation was both joyous and widespread, but so also was the ambivalence and outright skepticism. If the recent proposal to establish term-limits, for the ECOWAS member states, was a hopeful sign, its failure was incomprehensible and emotionally devastating. After four decades in existence, hundreds of millions of dollars, thousands of meetings and conferences, and three hundred and fifty million citizens waiting for even a single moment of glory, ECOWAS, some argue, has done little to justify its existence. And nothing crystallizes this more than the recently torpedoed democratic process, designed to return power to citizens…
By Yero Jallow It’s a new year 2016. As we continually hold Jammeh and his criminal administration accountable on their injustices, human rights violations and total disregard for the law; I hope we on the other side do serious self-reflections. It is an open secret that Gambia’s Presidential elections are fast approaching. Over the past few months, I have seen Gambia’s Opposition parties increase their headlines online, with good politicking statements on Christmas, New Year, et cetera. That is good, even though the timing says everything about politics, politicians and political seasons –the limelight is important no doubt. So…
By Ebrima Manneh Seeking happiness for the majority of the population should be a concern for all citizens. The implementation of policies that advance the interests of all citizens should be a priority of the governed and those that govern them. Psychologists advocate that actions and laws that promote the best interests of all citizens and violate no one’s rights are morally acceptable laws that should be equally pursued and protected. If enacting just laws and policies is in everyone’s best interests, it becomes a moral obligation to fight and defend what belongs to all. Deviating and…