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…
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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…
By Matthew K. Jallow Choosing a title between two competing ideas, ‘Welcome to America and Letter from America’ was not quite like wrestling an alligator, but it, to some degree, symbolized the difficulty of how to convey a message that resonates with the wider African population. And it is significant since it determines the trajectory of the message, and the concerns it would highlight in speaking to the broader African concern. Africa certainly has a spectacular diversity of opinions regarding the insidious problems, which have marred the continent’s progress, but on the general theme of governance or lack…
By our Banjul Correspondent While the President of the Small West African State of the Gambia is tangled up in petty religious fights as to who performs Eid prayers and when, there is a bigger more alarming potential National Disaster looming in the country. Reports coming from farmers across the breath of the country have it that there is no rain falling even as we enter the peak month of the rainy season. The month of August has historically been the determining month on whether farmers are likely to have a good harvest season of their crops or not.…
Towards a Strategic Home and Diaspora partnership for Political Change Part 1 of 3 By Modou Nyang Today in Gambia diaspora politics all roads are headed for Washington DC in a fervent zeal to doing a double on President Yaya Jammeh when he answers to Obama’s call for the US Africa summit next week. Jammeh is among … African leaders attending the maiden US Africa summit holding from 4th to 6th August. And for Gambian Diaspora activists rattling for change in Banjul confronting Jammeh once again is the battle cry. Whether Mr. Jammeh will face a New York…
I just can’t help it but to add my voice of reasoning among many voices after watching you on TV addressing our Muslim Ummah in which, in my humble opinion, you unfortunately transgressed all boundaries either knowingly or unknowingly but still, I will excuse you by giving you the benefit of the doubt that you may not have known that you doing so or you may as well been carried away by our invincible enemy Shaitan to do and said all that which you uttered from your own mouth so do please allow me to elaborate and make my…
We are calling on Gambians and friends of The Gambia to observe August 4th -6th as a time for Positive Action. We urge all of you in the United States of America to call the White House, and offices of your two U.S. Senators and congressional representative in your home state or in Washington, D.C. to register your displeasure at the invitation of Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia as an official guest of the President Obama and the Government of the United States of America at the US-African Leaders Summit. Inform your senators and representative, and the White House…
Let Jammeh stop “chackoo” talk and tell Gambians how he became richer than a nation whose resources the presidency keeps custody of By Sarjo Bayang In Gambia, the pet name for parrots is chackoo. Some keepers of parrot as pet grow fond of the fine colour bird and train them how to whistle. Does that make parrots talk sense? Yet people enjoy the melody of whistling by pet parrots. Humans who seek to entertain others with deceptive talks are near parrots. Yaya jammeh who presides over entire national resources for 20 years is no parrot. He is capable of talking…