Author: Gainako

By Dbanjulist Mrs Fatoumata Tambajang ‘The Gambia’s Iron Lady’ was part of the crowd that welcomed UDP leader Ousainou Darbo at his Pipeline residence in on Sunday 26th April 2015. Dbanjulist was on the ground waiting for the entourage to arrive. Our reporter caught up with the UDP leader and the Iron Lady for this exclusive double interview. On the evening of Sunday 26th April a crowd of people had reached Darbo’s pipeline residence, patiently waiting for the UDP leader’s grand entrance from ‘the People’s tour’. Our reporter informed us that his entourage would be arriving through Kairaba Avenue…

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Unite or Perish! Unite or Diaspora Boycott! Open Letter to the Opposition Parties from the Diaspora. Fundamental Questions Remain Unanswered By: Kaba Sallah The recent Fass Njaga Choi Standoff, in April 2015, has opened a new chapter in Gambian politics. The UDP was able to force Dictator Jammeh and his forces to back down, and let the Freedom Caravan to proceed on a nationwide tour. From all indications, it was a very successful campaign tour of the country, with large and emboldened crowds, and community leaders, coming out openly to speak their mind. There are still plenty of people…

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Authors: Dr. Pierre Gomez and Isatou Ndow Global Hands Publishing is pleased to announce that its latest publication by Dr Pierre Gomez and Ms Isatou Ndow, Gendered Voices from The Gambia, is due to be released on the 30th of April 2015. This book contributes to, and builds on the growing academic literature on gender. It draws on a number of Gambian works, mainly from female but also male authors, to analyse gender in contemporary Gambian fiction. It focuses on challenging the social construction of gender norms, inequality and abuse whilst analysing how gender norms and stereotypes are represented, reinforced…

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It is no doubt humiliating for Africans to turn to the European Union, the United States and the West for a desperate call to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of destitute African youths running away from their countries. But no! It has become too familiar of a story for the African to turn to others for rescue economically and politically. Since African leaders don’t seems to give a damn about the precious lives of their youths, one has little or no choice but to turn to alleged longtime adversaries…

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By Baba G. Jallow 1884 They met at Berlin And set you on the table A free piece of delicious cake To be sliced and cut to feed Bloated egos and greedy eyes With selective sight that only saw the glitter Were totally blind To that which really matters to you 1960 They took over From those who met at Berlin And set you on the table A free piece of delicious cake To be sliced and cut to feed Bristle egos and greedy eyes With sight that only saw the glitter Were totally blind To that which…

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Libyan journalist shot dead in Benghazi TV office New York April 23, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of a Libyan television journalist in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday. Muftah al-Qatrani, 33, was shot dead in his office at Al-Anwar, the privately owned television production company he was director of, according tonews reports. He had been covering the fighting between Islamist militias and pro-government groups in the city, according to reports. “The murder of Muftah al-Qatrani comes amid repeated attacks and threats against journalists working in Libya,” CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. “The ongoing conflict…

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Every day, scores of lives perish in the deserts and the Mediterranean Sea. Hardly does a day go by that you do not read about Gambians dying trying to make it to Europe through the ‘Back Way’. It is devastating. However, none of what has been happening all these years but astronomically worsened in the past couple of years, happens in a vacuum. We’d all have to do something to decelerate it. I have seen a lot of Gambians take to social media making “Say No To Back Way” videos, to sensitize and dissuade our brothers and sisters from…

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Amnesty International Press Release (Bangui, April 24, 2015) – The Central African Republic’s National Transitional Council has taken decisive action for justice for the victims of atrocities by adopting a law to establish a Special Criminal Court within the national justice system, 23 Central African and international human rights organizations said today. The draft law, which the government sent to the transitional parliament on February 6, 2015, was adopted by an overwhelming majority on April 22 during a plenary session. The special court will investigate and prosecute those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central…

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The young migrants face a long wait for documents which would enable them to leave reception centres In the grounds of an imposing 19th Century villa, perched on a Sicilian hilltop, some 50 West African boys lounge in the sun, kick a ball about, and wait. One or two clutch mobile phones, hoping to hear a voice from home or news of the future. But mostly these boys from The Gambia, Senegal and Ivory Coast – part of an alarming wave of unaccompanied minors reaching the southern shores of Europe – feel trapped. Aged 16 and 17,…

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A Poem: Back Way Speaks! By Yero Jallow I am the back way the attractive dream of the alienated youths even though everyone chastises me aloud i give hope to the youths who are denied a home those denied freedom and  economic security in their home countries.   I am the back way though I have taken lives in the deserts and seas I still lid my lamp for many out in the perilous journey With tough love, I lifted the youths on my ugly back across And carried them ashore to greater lands or to eternity.  …

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