By Yero Jallow The question has been asked many times if the State of Minnesota will deliver justice in the much talked about case of Papa Faal, a U.S Veteran from Minnesota, Cherno Njie, a Texas real estate developer, and now the newest addition, Alhaji Saidy Barrow, another U.S Veteran from Tennessee. The trios are charged for violating the U.S Neutrality ACT, which states no one should launch an attack to a “friendly” nation, in this case The Gambia. This followed the self-styled liberating operation that took place in the Gambia on December 30th 2014. The answer to…
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By Demba Baldeh Former US Air Force Veteran who served a tour of duty in the US war against the Taliban in Afghanistan who is charged with conspiracy to overthrow a brutal dictatorial government in the West African State of the Gambia in violation of the US ‘Neutrality Act’ has pleaded guilty to the charges. Papa Faal along with Cherno Njie are currently in detention awaiting trial in the State of Minnesota and Oklahoma respectively on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government of Yahya Jammeh on December 30th, 2014, which has ruled the tiny West African nation with…
As reports persist of the arrest and detention of the family members of those who participated in the 30th December insurrection Foroyaa is compelled to remind those who manage the affairs of the country to handle the current situation with a high sense of decency and maturity. It is important for all Gambians to realise that dead bodies do not have friends and relatives. They cannot love or hate. You may pluck out the eyes of a dead person, cut the ears, chop the limbs and mutilate every part of the body but to no avail since it cannot think…
A CALL TO ACTION in Support of U.S. Veterans and U.S. Citizens Who Made Great Sacrifices Standing-up Against the 20-year State Sanctioned Terrorism by the Gambian Dictatorship. On July 22nd 1994, a group of junior-ranking military officers, led by then 29-year-old Yahya Jammeh forcefully took over the reins of government in the Gambia, through a military coup d’état, ousting the then democratically-elected government of President Sir Dawda Jawara, who was the Head of State of the Gambia since the country attained independence in 1965. After assuming power Yahya Jammeh, the Chairman of…
By Papa Kumba Loum Gambia A Nation Where a Butcher Reigns -An Idiotic misanthrope has taken over the realm of power and seized our beloved homeland -An insane, reckless, resentful and immature murderer has subjugated and defiled our motherland -Sons and daughters of noble parents as if hypnotized, have joined this evil menace while holding prayer beads and chanting the name of Allah -His hands are soaking in the warm blood of school children, journalists, opponents and those he regularly sacrifices to his gods -His vile utterances, despicable deeds, contemptible machinations and murderous habits aided and…
The following article appeared on pages one through thirteen of Volume 1, Issue 2 of Studies in Contemporary Islam. By Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang Muslims in the United States now number at least five million. The demographic complex of Muslims is very diverse. It includes (alphabetically) Algerians, Afghans, and Albanians, Bengalis, Burmans, Ethiopians, Indians, Indonesians, Malians, Palestinians, Pakistanis, Yemenis, and Zambians. In view of the growing Muslim presence in America, and in view of the diversity of the Muslims’ national origins and cultural backgrounds, scholars, journalists, and TV news magazines are beginning to pay greater attention to these new citizens…
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Esq. Attorney General of the United States of America US Department of Justice Washington, DC Dear Mr. Holder, The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in The Gambia (CORDEG), an independent, non-profit transnational democratic umbrella organization that is home to political parties and groups in The Gambia and its various Diasporas, writes to express deep concern over gross human rights violations in The Gambia, following the alleged foiled coup of December 30, 2014. Reported cases of indiscriminate arrests, and torture of ordinary Gambians, as well as the alleged execution of three accused coup conspirators…
‘PARLIAMENT INSIST TERM LIMIT MUST BE MAINTAINED’ Press Statement Jen Psaki Department Spokesperson Washington, DC January 25, 2015 The United States welcomes the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s approval of electoral legislation that sets the country on course towards timely elections in line with its Constitution. We applaud the efforts of the National Assembly and the Senate to reach consensus and ensure that presidential elections happen no later than December 2016. Parliament’s action today reflects the will of the Congolese people and upholds the DRC constitution. We urge President Kabila to expeditiously sign the electoral legislation as…
By Ebrima Manneh When a government fails to carry out its responsibilities and duties to the governed and instead rules with an iron fist, exercises vengeance instead of forgiveness, and celebrates loss of life instead of preventing suffering, it becomes an ardent responsibility of the citizens to replace such a government with one that will be considerate and empathetic in serving their needs. Acts of injustice continue in the Gambia because we have inadvertently given the oppressor the mandate and a license to carry on the tyranny. While other regimes and presidencies leave…
By: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) The PPP believes that the democratic process, and a free and fair elections is the only way for a peaceful democratic change of government. The PPP is a victim of a violent and unconstitutional usurpation of power by the current AFPRC regime of Yaya Jammeh, in 1994. The AFPRC regime, over the last twenty years has systematically dismantled the democratic process to entrench its illegal seizure of power in 1994. You tell a lie long enough, people start to believe it, but truth pressed to earth shall rise…