By Mathew K Jallow As a country, much of what shapes the politics we observe is not based on reality, but on the flawed way our brains process information and what we see around us. We draw conclusions that rely on limited information, which often results in a myopic representation of the reality. In my experience living in and learning about various totalitarian regimes, the one constant is their fragility and inherent weaknesses. Because dictatorial regimes use fear as an instrument of gaining control and compliance, they are able to create a false sense of stability, might and invincibility. The…
Author: Gainako
The Earth Cries Again! By Yero Jallow It was such an awakening thunder screaming It shook the whole world again With vibrancy as it never happened on earth’s planet I woke up to see and hear the earth’s loud cry She filled her muscular lungs with moist air And like a loudspeaker or flute, she thunder-echoed The passing by wind too stopped to sympathize As I stood there gazing and wondering all by myself Who must have whopped the earth? It didn’t take long before she showed her face She was bruised, skinned and tortured Her one time beautiful…
TWO DAYS MEETING – Friday 20 June, time 16.00am to 21.00pm is the opening, Saturday 21 June, time 9.00am to 16.00pm is the main day and is the closing ceremony. INVITE ALL YOUTH ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS AND POLITICAL PARTIES. We even want to invite those living in Gambia to. SEND LETTERS TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND ACTIVIST ORGANISATIONS. For example DUGA, GMC, CORDEG, GCC etc. DISCUSS YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS, CULTURE, TRIBALISM AND RELIGIOUS MORALS IN THE GAMBIA AND IN THE DIASPORA. We want to talk about how to motivate our youths to…
The intermittent border crisis between Gambia and Senegal – two economically inseparable nations is going out of control. The tension between the two nations have increased ever since President Jammeh accused Senegal of harboring Gambian dissidents who are hostile to his regime. The tension dates back to Wade’s administration which was equally suspicious and accused Gambia government of alleged involvement in harboring Casamance separatists who are fighting for independence from mainland Senegal. Despite the fact that both nations are signatory to ECOWAS economic treaties for the free movement of goods and services between member States, both States seems to be…
By Protest Gambia Gambians in the United Kingdom took to the streets of London on Saturday, 26 April 2014 to answer to the calls of CDCG/CORDEG/DUGA to the streets in commemoration of the killings of unarmed Gambian students on 10/11 April 2000. The demonstrations were organized by the Gambian Diasporas civil society groupings: Campaign for Democratic Change Gambia (CDCG), Democratic Union of Gambian Activists (DUGA) and Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG). They were scheduled to take place in 3 cities of 3 countries in 3 continents, London (UK, Europe), Washington DC (USA, North America) and…
LONDON — The world must wake up to an escalating tragedy now engulfing Nigeria. Today the lives of 230 teenage schoolgirls hang in the balance. It has now been a week since the pupils were abducted en masse from their Chibok school in the remote northern state of Borno as they prepared for exams. Boko Haram — the terrorist group whose name in the Hausa language means “Western education is a sin” — have yet to claim responsibility, but few doubt that the group that has murdered 5,000 Nigerians in the past four years is to blame. Forty-three girls who…
Abdul, Rendering Professional Judgment in the use of forceful means to dislodge a regime change is Alien to the duties or experience of a private Soldier. By Ex Officer Cadet Lawrence Jabang In a nutshell what I was insinuating in my previous article was this: just because you’re sitting on stones does not mean that you can throw stones at just anyone, for you do not know what they have or have been sitting on. They, too, may be sitting on something lethal. In other words, don’t stone at somebody when you already live in a glass house. If they…
By Ebrima Manneh. In his efforts to dialogue with Gambians, Ebrima Manneh, a servicing US soldier, challenges the dictatorship home as well as its citizens thus: “Our collective responsibilities are to ensure that the entire society understand the benefits of rule of law. In any society where the citizens grasp the full meaning of rule of law and principles of democracy, they will do everything possible to protect it once it’s threatened. In its absence, arbitrary power is exercised.” The moral decline in the Gambian society is beyond imagination. We compromised our faith and moral principles in exchange…
Malaysian Mystery Flight 370: Who got it? By Yero Jallow Mystery flight 370. It has been six weeks since the Malaysian bird went missing. The question as to who got the bird is probably too early in this write-up. Let us observe some applied analysis to the law of nature as well as modern science. It happens that the two laws, belied by this world’s greatest mystery, do provide some clues, but as usual, humans like to play a fool of their other humans’ intelligence. I don’t buy it now and I don’t buy it later. From the Malaysian authorities…
Mustapha Kebbeh, president of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF), has said they take full responsibility for The Gambia’s disqualification from the qualifiers of the African youth championship. Kebbeh spoke to reporters at a press conference held at Football House Wednesday. He also announced that the GFF executive will invite the police to investigate and report on what happened. This was Kebbeh’s first public comment on what is being called “the Gambia U-20 fiasco”, as he was reportedly out of the country, when CAF announced the disqualification of The Gambia. “We have taken full responsibility; we know we are accountable…