Contrary to sound advice from most people who contacted me not to engage Pa Nderry Mbai for very many good and valid reasons, I am minded on doing so. Some said as a Mandinka, Mr. Mbai and his clique will never appreciate anything good in me because of their bigotry. This is not the sort of issue that should weigh in my considerations. I know that anyone who has that motive will learn sooner or later that adversity, controversy, irresponsible and injurious personal attacks can’t beat me down. I welcome criticism. We cannot truly construct a tolerant democratic…
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By: Kaba Sallah Hold all fire and pull back from your positions, brothers and sisters, comrades in the struggles against Dictator Yaya Jammeh. We have spent a whole week blindly firing at each other, with rampant disregard, and now, … we have lost some high ground, and the target is slipping away! The target is Dictator Jammeh, but, somehow, we have turned the guns on ourselves in a case of friendly fire, and small- minded loose talk about tribalism and personalities, instead of the struggle. For a whole week, beginning last week of December, 2013, the struggle against…
A UNIFIED STRUCTURE REQUIRED FOR PROGRESS TOLERENCE, COMPROMISE AND UNDERSTANDING of each other are principles necessary and imperative for societies to live in peaceful co-existence. These are ideals worth educating the young generation of Gambians for their future societal peaceful coexistence. Definitely, it is now time to turn our emotions and passions into strategic positive thinking in our campaign/struggle for free and fair Gambia. To all my Gambians brothers and sisters in the struggle, note that unmistakable evidence have shown Mr.Yaya Jammeh’s frame of mind is seriously in question (mentally unstable) for him to handle the affairs of a State. And also we should remember that…
By Yero Jallow Imam Baba Mucktar Leigh of the Kanifing Mosque (The Gambia) was our guest on Gainako Radio. The veteran Imam who recently received two human rights awards from the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders and DUGA-DC expressed delight and gratitude for the prestigious awards. During a recent interview with the Uk-based International Business Times (IBT), the veteran Imam was quoted as saying, “My responsibility, as a Muslim and as a scholar, is to ensure people enjoy their human rights, regardless of colour, race, gender, religion, tradition, economic status or anything else.” The veteran Imam discussed some of the…
By Sidi Sanneh, They were ill-educated, lacked experience, poor and full of envy. They despised those who lived on Pipe Line and drove their children to school either in their private cars on in government vehicles. So when they illegally seized power, they quickly move to rectify what they considered to be societal wrongs. They rounded up every senior-level to mid-level civil servants, paraded them in trucks around town like prisoners of war who have just been defeated in battle, and are being transported across town to prisoners of war camps. Common criminals, under the government they just deposed, were…
By Sidi Sanneh Gambians woke up last week to yet another surprise by the Gambian dictator when he paraded before national television a team of Syrian medical doctors who, they were told, were in The Gambia to help with their services, primarily in the main referral hospital in the capital city of Banjul and other health facilities. We can only speculate as to the size of the team to because seven new Mitsubishi 4-wheel Pajeros were handed to the Syrian team leader as gift “to each team member’ from the benevolent dictator, and not from the Gambian taxpayer.
REJOINDER BY MAI AHMAD FATTY I take liberty to seek refuge under the right of a rejoinder on the material you had published in which you characterized GMC as a dysfunctional opposition political Party, in addition to your radio program at which you attacked my family. I hope you give this rejoinder the same prominence accorded to your allegations against GMC and my family. I say this because in the past you relegated our rejoinders so far below to minimize visibility and to attempt to neutralize their potential impact, and at some instances you eliminated them totally from your archives.…
To Allah we all come from and to him we shall all return. A young Gambian full of love, well loved by his family, friends and community Momodou Lamin Bojang commonly known to friends as Dr. Bojang passed away from a sudden illness in Seattle Washington. Dr. Bojang who hails from Bakau and the son to legendary Dembo Bojang aka Dembo by-force and Arret Bojang was 44 years old when he met his unexpected demise. He passed away on Monday December 23rd, 2013 from a sudden illness. Dr.’s passing shocked his Seattle Community who upon receiving the sad news…
By Burama Jammeh Our goal is (or should be) to establish an Institutionalized Democratic nation that guarantees/protects rights, creates equal opportunities and treats all citizens equally with due processes before the laws. There is consensus amongst our struggle that we can’t get to our goal with Yahya in charge. That’s reasonable – Yahya is a very bad dude! From his past to present it’s obvious he doesn’t have it in his person to run the nation as ‘A Democratic Republic’. No attempt to justify the wrongs of Yahya but humans have great deal of lust for power. Without necessary…
By D. A. Jawo The conviction and imprisonment of three prominent former officials of the regime of President Yahya Jammeh has heightened the debate about the comportment of those in positions of authority, particularly since the advent of the Jammeh regime. While no one should rejoice over the conviction and jailing of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lamin Jobarteh, the former Secretary General, Head of the Civil Service and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr. Njogu Bah and the former Solicitor General and Legal Secretary, Pa Harry Jammeh, but their arrogance and general comportment during their tenure…