Author: Gainako

Sulayman Shyngle Nyassi/UK It is true that a buried truth will always rise again no matter how long it take so for those Gambian Authorities who have blatantly lied, deceived, bullied, abused, harassed, terrorized and falsely imprisoned an innocent woman who’s crime was only for the love of our motherland should be under no illusion to think that they’ve successfully robbed a foreign investor using the very corrupted legal institutions and our security forces to intimidate, plant drugs in her house to silence her. Make no mistake, all those involved and their names are all listed. I am hereby giving a…

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Issued by GMC leader Mai Fatty Consistent with the strong position of the Group of Six, GMC will not participate at the by-election to be conducted by the IEC with Mustapha Carayol as its Chairman, on Nov. 1st 2013. Even if Carayol departs, the circumstances of our inability to contest the last parliamentary elections in which the IEC forced us out, have not changed. Instead, we continue to experience more escalation in the constriction of the democratic space, and in particular access to the media and other information infrastructure remain a formidable challenge. The  electioneering and electoral processes remain…

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PRESS RELEASE- CDC GAMBIA CALLS FOR PROTEST IN LONDON Under the auspices of Campaign for Democratic Change Gambia (CDCG), a number of Gambian groupings in The United Kingdom are holding a protest match in London against recent events in Gambia. These include the unconstitutional and unilateral withdrawal of the Gambia from the Commonwealth of Nations; the Gambian President’s diatribe directed at the Mandinka ethnicity of the Gambia with intent to sow seeds of tribal disharmony; the continuing arrest, abduction and detention of Gambians without due process.

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By: Ousainou Mbenga The Gambia is a “nation” behind bars! And the debate that chief prison warden, Jammeh must go is over. We have entered the era of POSITIVE ACTION and nothing can turn us around. Even if this road to victory is littered with broken bottles and thorns, our will to endure is unshakable. For those of us who have been paying attention to the crises in our beloved Gambia and the region in general; it should be obvious that insults (“haasteh”) will never replace thoughtful ideas as the solution to our national problem. The Jammeh regime is…

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In April 2011, the United Democratic Party (UDP) supposedly the largest Opposition political party in terms of electoral votes in the Gambia watched one of its most outspoken and party propaganda Secretary get arrested for allegedly organizing a political rally and using a public address system without a permit. Mr. Femi Peters Sr. a founding member of the party was prosecuted for an outrageous bogus offense and sentenced to one year in jail by an activist judge for exercising his constitutional rights to hold a political rally.  His arrest and detention attracted wide spread…

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By Sidi Sanneh Hussein Tajudeen, the Lebanese businessman and Managing Director of Tajo Company Limited, who was declared persona non grata June 4th this year by the Gambian dictator has been “pardoned” and “therefore free to return to The Gambia as from the 25th October 2013.”  Until his expulsion, Mr. Tajudeen was the closest and most important business partner of the dictator and the biggest importer of basic foodstuffs, including rice which is the staple food of The Gambia. The reasons given last June for his expulsion was vague but a French news agency report suggested that the businessman…

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By Yero Jallow Flower gardens with floral whorls I saw thousands of bee flowers buzzing aloud Sucking nectar juices in turns With mouths all smelling scents And singing in chorus like the church choirs In uniform rhythms with flapping wings Pollination far and near I gazed, I smiled, and I laughed in hope Gambia in years to dream The “promised land” –we all love.

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ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013 The Democratic Union Of Gambian Activists – DUGA will hold a protest at the Gambia Embassy, in continuation of the fight against the Jammeh dictatorship in the Gambia and to commemorate the November 1994 slaughter of dozens in an alleged coup attempt. We have entered a new era of struggle and will not relent in exposing the Jammeh regime’s  barbaric actions and put an end to impunity in The Gambia.  Please join us at: 

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