By Sainey Faye JANUARY 15th, 1929 ……On This Date Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Born. Dr. King was one of the most well known African Americans of the Civil Rights era of the 1960’s. He eaded the SCLC and was in the forefront of the struggle against racism and segregation, which was legal in the U.S.A. at the time. He was amongst those leaders, who helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and also the Voting Rights Acts of 1965. He received the Nobel Peace Price in 1964. He was assassinated in April 4, 1968 at the…
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On 30 December 2014, some members of the Gambian opposition and dissidents in the Diasporas took arms with the aims of liberating and emancipating their people in the Gambia from the 20 years tyranny of Dictator Yahya Jammeh. Their efforts were thwarted by the brutal soldiers of Dictator Yahya Jammeh, resulting in the martyrdom of many of them. The Gambia’s Dictator, Yahya Jammeh had since responded by arbitrary arrests, detentions, tortures and summary executions of some of their co-conspirators, their innocent family members and friends in the Gambia. This, in the words of the Gambian dictator, is setting examples,…
PRESS RELEASE: Dear Gambian brothers and Sisters, Allow us yet again on a similar situation but of a different matter, to make this humble appeal to all Diaspora Gambians seeking your kind donation towards setting up a Legal Defense Fund to support our legendary freedom fighters now going through legal tussles in the USA and elsewhere. Their plight should be the concern and preoccupation of all genuine loving Gambians yearning for political freedom in our motherland. We must never falter to abandoning them but to stand courageously in solidarity by their side be it in self or…
On January 26th 2015, Gambians in London, Senegal, Seattle and Washington DC will hold protest marches to end dictatorship in the Gambia. As we speak, the Jammeh administration is using the attempted December 30th coup as a cover to continue its brutality against the Gambian people. Scores of Gambians have been rounded up and detained incommunicado just because they happen to be related or know the alleged insurgents. The Diaspora Gambians strongly feel that the action by the Obama administration to charge two activists with violating the neutrality act is an affront to our fight to free our…
By Yero Jallow In the aftermath of the Self-defense operation that took place in the Gambia on December 30th 2014 to liberate Gambians from the clutches of tyranny, the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have talked to many active Gambian activists in the United States of America. Mr. Papa Faal, an activist and IT Instructor from Minnesota and Mr. Cherno Njie a businessman from Texas were arrested and charged for violation of the U.S Neutrality Act. In an effort to seek clarification on what looks like a “crackdown and intimidation” on Gambia’s Diaspora activists in the United States,…
By Baba Galleh Jallow The purpose of deconstructing Yahya Jammeh is not to merely criticize him, however justified such criticism is. Nor is the purpose to simply vent anger, however justifiable, at his systematic abuse of our rights and responsibilities as Gambian citizens. We deconstruct Yahya Jammeh to highlight the many contradictions that characterize his political character and his assertion of absolute power over Gambians while denouncing the absolute power of his colonial predecessors. We deconstruct Yahya Jammeh to demonstrate that Gambians have come of age, and that we will record his history for current and future generations of…
‘Regret Resignation of two Senior Officers’ The recent resignations of Ms. Sigga Jagne (Vice chairperson) and Mr. Banka Manneh (Director, Communications Officer) is a big loss to CORDEG. Both Sigga and Banka are outstanding personalities who are well known in their own rights as activists in the cause of transforming The Gambia into a thriving democracy. Their record of service in organisations they belong to, those they are associated with and their individual acts and sacrifice are a records that are widely known and appreciated. Therefore, CORDEG accepts both resignations with much regret and sadness. As an organisation, CORDEG was…
By Ebrima Ceesay Following the attempted coup of 30th December 2014 in The Gambia by Gambian dissidents based abroad, now that things have calmed down and a sense of normalcy has returned, it is important to take time for sober reflection and to learn some fundamental lessons. Over time, what actually took place has become more evident. As far as I am concerned, this was entrapment – a plot devised in the diaspora but manipulated by President Jammeh in The Gambia. It is as clear as noon day that any plot involving civilians or military personnel based in The…
Sarjo Bayang reveals serious imbalances and risks of a leader in crisis There exists large body of tangibly compelling evidence suggesting how dangerous and unsuitable it is for Yaya Jammeh staying as president of Gambia. Such evidence is derived from no remote sources but by critical examination of the man who forced his way to become Gambian Head of State since 22 July 1998 through what was deemed bloodless coup. From that day on, Jammeh turned into blood thirsty dictator whose killings include collaborators and perceived enemies alike without any boundary. That is not all. Look at Jammeh through…
Embattled Gambian President Seasoned political observers familiar with diplomacy and political maneuvers with dictators recognize that leaders who rule with iron fist do not exit the political scene without a price. They either hold on to power and commit as much atrocities as possible until death do them apart or have to have a reason to give up power. Their mentality is that everyone hates them and therefore is damn if they do damn if they don’t. Many African leaders caught in such traps are in denial and just stays in power to their last…