PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF PDOIS Sidia Jatta, who is currently on a lecture tour in Europe and is also mandated to address any issue regarding PDOIS agenda 2016 has sent a flyer indicating that a seminar is to be held on 7th August 2014 at the Information Center, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) to deal with the Topic “HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GAMBIA and the road to 2016 elections” The flyer states that the speakers are Bakary Darboe and Sidia Jatta. Neither the Central Committee nor Sidia Jatta was consulted before the flyer was issued .…
Author: Gainako
Fellow Gambians, I am writing from Banjul on behalf of every progressive Gambian for your patriotic actions in Washington DC yesterday. We are so proud of your accomplishment. Even the BBC covered the event and as I am writing I am listening to the nice welcome you all accorded him. After today, what is confirmed Yahya Jammeh is a RAT! Today you all send a simple message to us in Banjul, get up, take to the streets and this rat will go into his hole, its plain and simple. The lesson we here in Banjul have taken from what happened today is Yahya…
By a concern Gambian A typical trait among dictators the world over is their ability to use populist and opportunistic tactics to continue to rule, divert attention and control both opponents and supporters for perpetuity. The recent dismissal of Momodou Sabally who proclaimed himself as ‘Gambia’s Pen’ demonstrates a classic case of authoritarian tactics being employed by one of Africa’s most ruthless and immoral tyrants of the past 50 years. Before we get to this highly vague and meaningless statement by the president, let us review the antecedents of this story in the first place. It is clear that…
A group of African and U.S. firms on Tuesday will announce an additional $7 billion in spending to promote agricultural development in Africa, nearly doubling an Obama administration initiative aimed at mobilizing private money to ease hunger and poverty on the continent. The commitments — which are being made as part of this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and include a $5 billion pledge by Coca-Cola to source more of its products from Africa by the end of the decade — highlight how U.S. food aid policy has shifted under President Obama. Rather than relying primarily on federal funds to support…
By Ebrima Manneh Democratic nations that truly embrace the natural law that ” all men are created equal,” will deliver the promise of good governance to their people. Based on this belief system, elected officials never lose focus of who they are or where they come from. They stay connected to their people and embrace a sense of servitude. The relationship between elected leaders and their communities should be based on equality in which no party exercises dominance over the other. The principle of equality ensures that no one person becomes too powerful and out of control. The…
Embedded sources in Washington DC has confirmed that Yahya Jammeh has arrived in Washington DC to attend the US Africa Summit. Our eye witness source from the airport reported that the President appears very tired as he is continuing his second visit in three days. In the meantime, APRC militants in the US are reportedly camped at his hotel in Down town DC. Information has it that the militants are at the hotel to counter any protest that Gambian dissidents are planning to stage against the Gambian leader. The supporters are determined to ensure that the kind of embarrassment the…
Remarks at the Civil Society Forum Global Town Hall Townhall John Kerry Secretary of State National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC August 4, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. Thank you, Linda, very, very much for opening this exciting beginning of a very exciting three days, and we’re really delighted to welcome everybody here. Thank you all for joining us this morning to have a candid back-and-forth about a critical topic, and we are particularly grateful to all of our panelists. I want to thank Shaka Ssali for helping to – not helping, but for moderating this event, but really…
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA STATE HO– USE BANJUL 3rd August 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES TO STOP MANIFESTATION OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE Taking into consideration that The Gambia belongs to all Gambians; it is deemed wise, right and relevant to address this letter to you on the recent intervention of the state in connection with the controversy surrounding the commemoration of Eid El Fitr on different days. This has even led to some arrests, detention and release on bail. Where the legitimate exercise of executive authority begins and ends should be known…
By. Madi Jobarteh Introduction Once again another major country has called Africa’s leaders for a discussion about Africa and her future. Once again, most of the 53 of Africa’s leaders have packed themselves to answer to yet another single leader of another single country! The first question that arises is, if indeed US just like those other countries before it such as Japan, France, Turkey, China, India or Qatar among others were indeed interested in the true interests of Africa, why are they therefore holding these summits outside of Africa and not inside Africa? Secondly, and fundamentally, whose interest is…
President Obama in August will welcome leaders from across the African continent to the Nation’s Capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the first such event of its kind. This Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government, will build on the President’s trip to Africa in the summer of 2013 and it will strengthen ties between the United States and one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing regions. Specifically, the August 4-6 Summit will advance the Administration’s focus on trade…