By Yero Jallow Mr. Cherno Njie, a Texas real estate developer, pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him by the United States Government in violation of the Neutrality ACT. Earlier last week both Papa Faal and Alhagie Barrow were granted conditional bail to a government monitored center in Minneapolis. Both accused are likely to be released and charges dropped if they continue to fulfill their bail conditions. As usual Gambian dissidents stormed the Federal courts in St. Paul, shared information with Cherno’s lawyers to show support for their fellow citizens. Jammeh and his gross human rights records was…
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By Baba Galleh Jallow One of the most annoying things about being an African is watching despotic governments like Yahya Jammeh’s engage in bogus so-called independence celebrations. Millions of scarce dollars are spent in absolutely frivolous events to mark an independence that never was. So-called leaders like Yahya Jammeh should be ashamed of themselves because they are presiding over political regimes that are more incapable, more brutal and more repressive than the white colonial regimes ever were. That they should now purport to celebrate independence is not only an insult to the African intelligence, it is a mockery of…
Three Gambians alleged to have been engaged in homosexual acts in the country and diverse places yesterday appeared at the High Court in Banjul before Justice Abi. The three suspects – Alieu Sarr, Momarr Sowe and Modou Lamin Bittaye – were charged with six counts of unnatural offences and conspiracy, which they all denied. Counsel LS Camara, S. Jahateh and Coker represented Alieu Sarr and Momarr Sowe, while BS Touray represented Modou Lamin Bittaye. The particulars of offence in count one stated that Alieu Sarr, sometime in 2010 at Bijilo in the West Coast Region, committed an offence when…
The movement for Democracy and Development is organizing a protest march in New York at the Gambian Mission offices to the UN. The march is in solidarity with Gambians across the world who protested on January 26th against the arbitrary arrest, detention of the family members of the alleged December 30th coup plotters. Gambians across major cities in the world took to the streets in Washington DC, London, Seattle etc on January 26th to express their anger and dissatisfaction with the human rights violations of the Jammeh regime in Gambia. The protesters also called for the support…
Having a nationality is something most people take for granted – but to those who do not have one, this lack often sentences them to a life of discrimination, frustration and despair. This problem is much more wide-spread than many might think: it affects at least 10 million people worldwide, and every ten minutes another child is born stateless. In Africa, we have data on nearly three-quarters of a million stateless people, but know the real number is significantly higher. Imagine what life is like for most of the people who are unable to prove their nationality. They cannot send…
By Sainey Faye Born: December 29, 1923 …….Died : February 7, 1986…….On this date he passed away and joined the ancestors.He was one of Africa’s greatest thinkers of the twentieth century.Born in Diourbel, Senegal; Cheikh Anta Diop was a scientist, mathematician, and historian/anthropologist.He was a well known African historian, who authored many books on African and world history, and dispelled the myth of Egypt being non-African.Probably, he more than any other historian on Egypt; defended and provided evidences of Egyptian civilizations Africaness.He authored many books on it, along with Africa’s contributions to world civilization in general. He challenged the theory…
By Mathew K Jallow In the aftermath of the aborted effort to restore democracy and rule of law in the Gambia, the regional body charged with ensuring political stability and economic integration, did something rather dramatic and an antithesis to the objectives of the organization. The recent visit to the Gambia by ECOWAS chairman, Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, to solidify diplomatic relations with Yahya Jammeh’s murderous regime, highlights the pathology of indifference that is so pervasive among the cabal of African leaders. Clearly, President John Mahama must have buried his head in the sand to be so criminally…
By Abdul Savage FIRST and FOREMOST, let me state here my position again, the thousandth time now, that I do not discount the use of force to take over a government. For God’s sake, Yaya Jammeh staged a coup, used force, to take over the previous government. SO, I do not discount it. Anything is possible. BUT, I DO NOT support, I DO NOT condone and will never be part of anything and everything that involves coups, or any violent method to take over a government. PERIOD. That is my belief and conviction. I know what the use of…
By Foday Samateh “Six armed men wearing masks came to the printing works at 2:00 a.m., fired shots into the air, and ordered the employees to lie on the ground. One of them then set fire to the new press…completely destroying it.” The police didn’t investigate the crime much less arrest the suspects, to one’s surprise. The incident above sums up Alagi Yorro Jallow’s Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in The Gambia. The author was a winner of prestigious awards for excellence in journalism, and earned the unenviable distinction of being arrested over…
In the aftermath of the alleged effort to dislodge the tyrannical regime of Yaya Jammeh, Fatou Jaw Manneh, a Gambian journalist and activist profiles Jammeh. Fatou who doubles as publisher of Maafanta.com, is also a victim of the very tyrannical system. In her venting out piece and constant crying for justice, Fatou have the following to offer about the young military man who overthrew power in 1994 and crept slowly to a fully grown dictator. Without much adore, please read Fatou’s “Gambia Coup: What a miss!” Gambia Coup: What A Miss!!! By Fatou Jaw Manneh, Phoenix, Arizona. Damn!!When news of…