Author: Gainako

Pan-Africans say “Africa for Africans” and “we can take care of our own”. I have not seen the AU (African Union) in the vanguard of this Ebola fight anywhere neither have I seen any African leader taking the lead or attempting to lead the fight. The UN General Assembly held a session in NY a couple of weeks ago, and the African leaders missed the opportunity to lay out their ‘Ebola plan of action’ there, when the whole world was listening. Was there a plan of action in the first place? I heard a lot of ranting about other…

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It is unrealistic, undocumented, and certainly unfeasible **Sarjo Bayang insists the president is deceiving Gambians** Gambian President Yaya is fast running out of tricks. He promised transforming a nation relying on peanuts as cash crop into world class economy of superpower ranking. This fantasised wild dream of making the impossible happen is referred to as Vision 2020. President Jammeh already exhausted full 20 year time mark that this dream was pegged on. Reality on the ground holds ample proof of total failure on account of what the president promised and how much hardship Gambian suffer due to…

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Unite or Perish! Unite or Diaspora Boycott! For those who still believe in elections as an option ­ and a strategy (to remove Dictator Yaya Jammeh from power in the Gambia in 2016), cannot be happy with the recent public temper tantrum coming from the opposition side, in Banjul.   If recent rumblings in the Gambia are anything to go by, the words Unity, or Coalition is not even part of the language, and that is very disturbing and disappointing, to say the least. All fair minded and suffering people are very conscious of the fact that elections only present a very…

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By Thabo Mbeki In his famous poem, ‘Harlem’, first published in 1951, the eminent African American poet, writer, thinker and activist, Langston Hughes, asked challenging questions when he wrote: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Meaning of the birth of the African Union The birth of the African Union a…

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FAO: Hon. Dr. George Vella Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta C/O: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Palazzo Parisio Merchant Street Valletta Malta VTL 1171 By Email to: info@[email protected] 28 September 2014 Hon. Dr Vella, Gambian Refugees facing Imminent Removal to The Gambia It has come to the attention of Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia, otherwise known by its acronym CORDEG[1] and as reported in the international media[2], that the governments of Malta and The Gambia have signed a Migrant Repatriation Agreement (MRA) by which it is agreed that the government of Malta can repatriate 88 Gambian nationals…

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Reports reaching Gainako has it that Ousainou Bai Sankareh a member of Kibaaronews online newspaper base in London UK has been arrested by NIA agents upon arrival at the Banjul International Airport October 1st, 2014. Mr. Sankareh according to Kibaaro’s press release published on their website today, Bai Sankareh was traveling to Banjul to attend the Muslim feast – Eid Adha celebration with his family. Mr. Sankareh is the Sarahule Anchor on Kibaaro radio.  Below is the Press Release as published on KibaaroNews this morning: The Management of Kibaaro Newspaper, Radio and Television wishes to ALERT the general public,…

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Chief Justice  Dr.  Eli Nawaz Chowhan  Of recent there has been series of judicial acquittals including some high profile cases by the Gambian Justice system.  In March UDP Militant Solo Sandeng was acquitted from charges of giving false information to a public official. Another UDP militant Jobarteh was also tried at the Bundung Magistrate court on charges of broadcasting a political rally over Skype without a License. He was also acquitted and discharged by the sitting magistrate. Another high profile case involving former Cabinet Minister Mamburay Njie was also tried at the Banjul high…

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In contrast, after an improvement of +3.4 between 2005 and 2009, the largest of any category in  this time period, Sustainable Economic Opportunity has registered the opposite trend over the last  five-year period, with a deterioration of -0.2. This is due to a reversal of trends in two of the four sub-categories, Public Management and Business Environment, and a slower pace of improvement in the other two sub-categories, Infrastructure and Rural Sector. “Perhaps some of the low-hanging fruit of better economic management have been garnered. The challenge grows for the continent to become a fully competitive force in the global…

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 This year’s tourist season a challenging one –  GHA chairman Gambia Hotel Association chairman Marc Van Maldegem, who is also the    General Manager of Kombo Beach Hotel, has said that this year’s tourist season  “is very challenging” due to the Ebola virus in other West African countries. Mr Maldegem, who spoke to The Point on Friday in his office at Kombo Beach  Hotel, said as a result of the Ebola outbreak, several flights had been cancelled,  adding that tourists are also very reluctant to book for a holiday now in West  Africa, which has made the outlook for…

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The United States now has one confirmed case of Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, marking the first domestic appearance of the deadly virus that has ravaged swaths of continental Africa. The as-yet unidentified patient is located in Dallas, officials say, effectively confirming a statement issued on Monday by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. The organization said that an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola and had been placed in “strict isolation” due to the patient’s symptoms and recent travel history. In a press conference, CDC Director Tom Frieden said the patient in…

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