It’s no secret the appalling human rights abuses in the Gambia. It is a known fact the serious economic mismanagement by the authorities in the Gambia. These and many other issues are known quantities to everyone. While we keep ourselves reminded of, and continue to criticize the current regime’s atrocities and maladministration, we must not lose sight of the Gambia’s future and the ways forward. We must present bold initiatives and alternative programs to the current system in the Gambia to place us on the path of economic prosperity and social justice . The United Democratic Party (UDP) takes this message to the people!!! As our party…
Author: Gainako
By D. A. Jawo Once again, Gambians have been subjected to yet another humiliating embarrassment by no less a person than our own head of state. It is indeed hard to see any justification for President Yahya Jammeh to apparently stoop so low by not only inviting an ordinary Senegalese wrestler and giving him red carpet treatment like a foreign head of state, but also showering him and his wife with very expensive gifts; two brand new four-wheel drive vehicles and apparently a large cash donation to both him and other members of his large entourage. There is…
With the recent announcement of Courts Martial verdicts on the 30 December 2014 State House attacks, the question of the death penalty is back on the agenda as a topic of major public interest. Both sides of the underlying political spectrum informing the December events are curious as to whether The Gambia has a valid death penalty law. On the death penalty itself, there is philosophical divergence on its appropriateness as a form of punishment in a public environment professing fidelity to the sanctity of life. This is a legitimate dispute over a public question of great moment, and…
By Abdul Savage As we all are aware, Jammeh’s rule is an event receding into the past, into Gambian history, and we all know there is NO statute of limitation on murders in any civilized society, since the existence of mankind. In addition to “murders” we all are aware of, and tracking of millions of dollars, and countless other abuses and misuses of power and government resources that must also be Accountable for to the Gambian people. Gambian people’s homes, places of business, other properties and so on were seized, converted or apportioned without due processes, and so on.…
Hillary Clinton: Race for the Presidency in America. By Yero Jallow “People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.” – Chinua Achebe. Oh well, good luck to the Clintons. Hillary Clinton has been dragging her feet on this, but her interest in the presidency is no hidden secret. That is at least known to us for the past 9 years or so. Now that she formerly announced her candidature, let us christen her first for the big name –Mrs. President!…
Is Barway Collins Body Found? By Yero Jallow “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song” –Maya Angelou Oh well, heck yeah, some shocking news. The Minnesota Star tribune (http://www.startribune.com/local/north/299455681.html, 4/12/15) reported that the body of a child was discovered at the Mississippi River in Minneapolis ( Minnesota) by Boys Scout crew searchers on Saturday April 11th 2015. Apparently, the only lost child in the area, at least to public knowledge is 10-year old Barway Collins, 25 days ago. I guess for precaution, the Hennepin county medical examiner’s office…
It is the epitome of the highest moral failure of not only the Gambia government under Yahya Jammeh but the citizenry at large. The basic fundamental obligation of any government and or society is to protect the safety and security of its most vulnerable in the society; the young, women and the elderly. Where a nation fails to live up to this engrained moral principle of a decent society then that nation will forever be hunted by those failures. That nation and people will find it absolutely difficult to stand up and defend any basic principles of good governance,…
The NTCG mourns and unequivocally condemned the brutal killing of students 15 years ago by the security forces under the directives of Dictator Yaya Jammeh. This day and on the day that prefixes it on April 10th &11th respectively of the year 2000, Yaya Jammeh ordered the maiming of over 15 innocent students including Omar Barrow a Red Cross volunteer. Many others were left with terminal injuries to the point of being cripples. The incident was provoked when a male student was abused with cement blocks as a form of interrogation leading to his subsequent demise in the…
A Poem: 15 Years On –The Cry of Justice By Yero Jallow The cry of justice in thunder bolts weeping bitterly aloud Roaring with its rainbows, shine, and refreshing rains Who hears the sweet voices of redemption far and near? The wind carries the burden on its flying wings Where another pharaoh reigns with terror Guns and bayonets are not pens. 15 years on, we prevailed on camels’ ride On the long desert walks with tempting oasis ahead Crying and longing for justice with thirst for our martyrs Till redemption uproars on our…
By Musa Jeng The PPP rally in Brikama, seen by many as the re-launching of the party, finally forced out what is seen as the inevitable UDP/PPP political conundrum. For all practical purposes these two parties are one of the same. The UDP came into being back in 1994, at the death bed of the PPP when the new players in town, the Junta made a deliberate calculated decision to ban the PPP and other parties that were seen as stumbling blocks in their desire to take over the country through the political route. The APRC after taking the…