By Sulayman Jeng, UK Amadou is a very private and upright man who resides in Kankary kunda. He alerts himself to the needs and aspirations of his neighbours particularly those who are in dire need of financial and moral support. Albeit he most often goes the extra mile to be there for anyone that requires his assistance in one form or another, he is also conscious of not overstepping his moral and religious obligations. He treats all his neighbours equally. Amadou is so generous that he was nicknamed Mobayta by his friends and family. His house was never short…
Author: Gainako
ETHNICITY IN THE GAMBIA: THE RISE OF THE JOLAS SUMMARY The Gambia is lauded by its government, people, and visitors for its ethnic diversity and the apparent harmony among its many tribes. The lack of civil conflict along ethnic lines in an often-troubled region is prized by Gambians. Freedom from tribalism is also touted at the political level as officials from different backgrounds work together, publicly eschewing ethnic ties under the banner of unified Gambian identity. However, the years of the Jammeh regime have witnessed the decline in political power of the country’s largest tribe, the Mandinkas, who have…
By Sidi Sanneh It is now official. The lobbying contract between the K-Street firm of Jefferson Waterman International (JWI) and The Government of The Gambia has been terminated. In its filings with the Justice Department to report on its lobbying activities, as required by law, it shows that the contract has been terminated effective October 6th 2013.* It is unclear if the termination was mutual because it was to run for another three years at a total cost of $4 million. The President of JWI is retired Ambassador Jackson McDonald who served as U.S Ambassador to The Gambia from…
I Cry for my country! For being robbed of freedom, and dissent For being isolated from the world For being led by a mediocre, a senseless leader For being deprived of democracy, due process and respect For being reduced to a personal property For being turned away from the league of civilized nations
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…