Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed. Finland, Rwanda and Sweden were other possibilities following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague. It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.
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Maritime safety and security has become an ever increasing concern for coastal countries, the Gulf of Guinea, and those in central and West Africa. The Gulf of Guinea which includes waters off Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, has seen an alarming increase in piracy with pirates targeting oil tankers, siphoning off oil cargo which is transferred unto other ships to sell on the lucrative black market. Africa has thus become not only a hub for global crude oil theft but it also for money laundering, illegal arms and drug smuggling, human trafficking, human smuggling, environmental crime, dumping of toxic…
Gambian activists who stormed the Gambian Embassy yesterday and chained themselves inside the Embassy Office in Maryland and were arrested by police and detained overnight have been released. DUGA members were protesting against gross human rights violations and bad governance of the Jammeh regime in Gambia. Expressing their freedom and anger against the government they took over the Embassy. The three Sohna Sallah, Pa Samba Jow and Ousainou Mbenga were arraigned before a judge at the Supreme court District of Columbia. They were freed by a Judge and asked to report to court on October 15th. Details of their…
Our Fellow Gambians, Please accept DUGA’s heartfelt thanks for your donations. Yesterday’s operation was a huge success thanks to upright citizens and friends of the Gambia like you who provided support and continue to stand in solidarity with our efforts to rid our beloved country of Dictator Jammeh.
An Analysis By Sam Phatey At the losing end The Gambia is the latest country to withdraw from the Commonwealth on October 3, 2013. Before the New Commonwealth, Ireland had withdrawn its participation in the 1930’s but it was regarded by the Commonwealth as a Commonwealth Member until April 18, 1949 when it declared herself a Republic. Pakistan left on January 30, 1972 in protest at the Commonwealth’s recognition of breakaway Bangladesh, but rejoined on August 2, 1989. Fiji left the Commonwealth in 1987 and 1990, Zimbabwe left on December 7, 2003.
DUGA: POISED FOR THE FINAL OFFENSIVE! OPERATION MBOR MBOR! The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists – DUGA is conducting a peaceful taking over of the Embassy of The Gambia under the code name of Operation “MBOR MBOR”, as a continuation of our protest at the 68th session of the U.N General Assembly in New York City against the repressive Jammeh regime. This escalated act of resistance against tyranny is to heighten the fighting capacity of Gambians and diminish the element of fear that has paralyzed our national consciousness against repression.
`Gambian citizens and members of DUGA this morning stormed the Gambian Embassy in Washington DC and chained themselves inside the embassy. Embassy staff went into hiding and the secret service and police were called. Upon arrival Gambian dissidents explained their mission and read their demands to the Gambian government.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TOPIC: Africa’s Triple Threat (Boko Haram, Al Shabab & Al Qaeda in the Maghreb and Sahel): The rise of transnational and jihadist movements on the continent. Date: 17th October, 2013 Venue: P-hotels, Grensen 19, Oslo Time: 10.00-16.30 DRAFT PROGRAM Morning Session, 10:00 – 13:00 Chairperson: Mr. Saikou Samateh, Board Member, the Africa Centre for Information and Development (ACID).
By Saul SaidyKhan To say I’m shocked is an understatement. It’s with shaky hands that I type this remembrance. I was listening to the repeat broadcast of Mr. Nyassi’s interview with Mr. M.L. Sillah on Kibaaro Radio all this morning. As I confessed when I first heard that interview, I’m very impressed with Mr. Nyassi’s depth of knowledge of his own background, the political and social history of Foni in particular, and the behind-the-scenes occurrences that gave birth to the opposition UDP. I couldn’t switch off my PC audio simply because I was enthralled by Mr. Nyassi’s narrative. I…
By Nti Xannen Rajon Do Televisonka, NXRT When I discussed my plans to start a full cross-media outlet that should grow to become The Gambia’s answer to CNN, BBC or Aljazeera, I was told by some people that I am “definitely crazy!” Any normal person who looks at the hostile Gambian environment for the independent and innovative media will conclude that only a crazy person will risk creating a media house now. Do I, a genuine Prince from the Noble of House of Sankanura-Kagorta of Sotuma Sere, look and behave like a normal person?