Foreign Secretary receives CHRG`s appeal for action British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is being urged to press the Gambian government to release Head teacher Lamin Camara, Imam Cherno Gassama,Imam Ousman Sawaneh, Imam Sheikh Omar Colley and others and drop all charges against Journalist Abdoulie Ceesay. Mr Hammond is also being ask to seek a resolution at the United Nations for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to investigate all allege human rights violations in The Gambia. A copy of CHRG-UK`s letter follows below and copied to the European Union. Philip Hammond Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs King Charles Street…
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Momodou Ndow Not a day goes by without hearing complaints from those residing in The Gambia about how desperate the situation is there. They lament about flying inflation, lack of employment and opportunity, harassment, intimidation, abuse, chronic corruption, fear, and all this is done through whispering because they think someone is listening. Sometimes they just sum it up as “Gambia easywut”. You hear these complaints from people from all walks of life. From high government officials, lawyers, doctors, artists, business owners, petty traders, fish sellers at the market, and of course, the unemployed. Basically, across the spectrum! I would…
Attorney General Mama Sighateh SUBJECT: ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION OF THE GAMBIA AS AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC The false declaration of the Gambia as an Islamic Republic has engendered the widest media coverage that the country has ever witnessed. There is need to retract the false information and give a correct picture to the whole world. Why is this memorandum addressed to you? The answer is simple. Section 73 Subsection (3) states, “The Cabinet shall be responsible for advising the President with respect to the policies of the Government ………..” Section 72 Subsection (2) adds, “The Attorney General shall be the principal legal adviser to the Government ……….” It…
By our Banjul Correspondent News reaching Gainako indicate that at least 25 taxi drivers have been arrested and detained at Banjul Police Headquarters for overcharging taxi fares. The detained taxi drivers who operates along the Westfield/Cooperative to Banjul route were arrested on Thursday 16th December. Our correspondent revealed that an additional dozen drivers were also arrested and detained at the police station after the initial crackdown bringing the total number of detainees to more than 30. The taxi drivers were allegedly arrested for overcharging commuters by increasing passenger fares from the usual Ten Dalasis to 50 Dalasi. According to our…
(Thomas Sankare former President of Burkina Faso) Ex-president wanted over killing of Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso police seek arrest of former leader Compaore over infamous murder of Africa’s ‘Che Geuvara’ in 1987. Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former President Thomas Sankara, news reports said on Monday. Sankara, a revolutionary figure who is still a hero to many in West Africa, was killed on October 15, 1987, during the coup that brought his friend and former comrade-in-arms Compaore to power. “I confirm that an international arrest warrant…
In an article titled : Rwanda’s leader Must step down , a New York Times oped contributor Sunni Khalid wrote a critical article calling on the Rwandan leader Paul Kagame to step down and allow the country to move forward in the wake of a referendum attempting to change the constitution for President Kagame to run for a third term. The author critically highlights economic development brought by the current President. However, he also argued that economic progress should not be done at the expense of peace and security between the fragile Tutis and Hutus majority who are still recovering from…
By Baba Galleh Jallow African independence is questioned not only because of its tragi-comic performance as a mediocre imperial spectacle at which imperial power purports to grant “the status and dignity” of a nation to a former colony. African independence is mainly questioned because of the colonial mentality of African leaders. Ironically, these same leaders are engaged in a battle to the death with this colonial mentality that is internal to their own minds. African leaders like Jammeh express their colonial mentality by engaging in an imaginary battle for independence sixty years after independence was celebrated. The battle is…
By DBanjulist, Shortage of Judges at the Gambia High court is reportedly crippling the entire justice system. Several judges have resigned from their positions mainly due to fear of backlash from the Jammeh administration. This shortage has been slowly building for the past five months, since the firing of the Pakistani born Chief Justice Ali Nawad Chowhan. Senior judges of the High court Raymond Sock and Gibou Janneh were both sacked for no apparent reason. Despite laid-down procedures for the removal of judges from office as clearly spelled out in the Gambian Constitution President Jammeh ignores these stipulations and remove judges as he wishes. …
Ahmad Gitteh MamaLinguere Sarr Gainako is excited to announce that Journalists Mama Linguerre Sarr and Ahmad Gitteh, two dynamic Gambian Journalists, have decided to join Gainako Radio and news crew. Both Mama and Gitteh brings with them a wealth of experience and entertainment talent that will complement Gainako’s efforts in the struggle to continue to inform, educate, engage and help restore freedom of expression and democracy in the Gambia. In welcoming the duo, Yusef Taylor aka Flex Dan Said, “I would like to take this opportunity to welcome two of…
By Mathew K Jallow Despite Yahya Jammeh’s excessive power, criminal regime, and illegal lawmaking authority, the expectations of periodic elections in the Gambia are almost an article of faith. The management of the electoral process, in all its tediousness, fulfills a cardinal democratic benchmark, which, in the Gambia, is all but democratic. As the 2016 elections draw closer, at stake is not necessarily who will occupy Gambia’s State House, but how the democratic process holds up in the face of Yahya Jammeh’s absolute contempt for the integrity of the process. In July this year, Yahya Jammeh made a knee-jerk decision…