GAMBIAN MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT 2153 VALETINE AVE BRONX, NY 10457 Tel. 347 444 6056 Fax: 347 271 9117 Email:[email protected] September 26th 2013 The Gambia President Yahya Jammeh is a shame to lead the Gambia: The Gambian President A.J.J. Yahya Jammeh and his ministers are in New York to attend the United Nations 68 General Assembly and to carry other businesses. Gambians under the Umbrella of the Movement for Democracy and Development (GMDD) launched some series of protest to draw the attention of Democratic Organizations, Human Rights Organizations and Media Organizations to the appalling human rights…
Author: Gainako
We read with utter dismay the threat issued by a current sitting Gambian law maker against a journalist’s parents for exercising his constitutional rights to protest against Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and his delegation during the recently concluded UN General Assembly in New York. Pa Malick Ceesay a current sitting member of Parliament for Lower Saloum constituency in the Central River Division of the country was apparently angry against Journalist Omar Bah and other Gambian dissidents who openly confronted and embarrassed the Gambian leader and kept him hold up in his hotel and cause him to miss at least…
On behalf of the Chairperson, Executive committee and the entire membership of The Campaign for Democratic Change in Gambia (CCDG) in The UK, we applaud and embrace with a spirit of fraternity, the recent protestations witnessed In New York and organised by an amalgamation of several Gambian organisations and directed against the visit of president Jammeh to The United nations assembly. The array of groupings and individual activists across the United States of America that came together(DUGA,Youth &Woman’s forum of Gambia,Tahawal Gambia)and many more too numerous to mention, has been a source of inspiration and a reminder to the…
The embarrassing display of cowardice by the Gambian dictator in New York City in the past several days by succumming to the will of a small but determined group of Gambian dissidents is further proof that human rights abusers of the ilk of Yaya Jammeh are generally cowards who prey on the weak and defenceless civilian population. To be holed up in his luxurious hotel room with his entourage for over a day when his counterparts and hotel mates from Nigeria and South Africa were out and about taking care of their citizens’ business at the United Nations is…
Jammeh looked haggard, perplexed and unusually subdued as he took to the UN General Assembly podium today to deliver a speech that was as disorganized as he was, and characteristically disjointed, rambling and completely out of touch with the real problems facing ordinary Gambians. The pressing issues facing the continent was also completely ignored or glossed over by the dictator. The credit for Jammeh’s poor performance and confused appearance must go to a determined number of Gambian dissidents and activists from across America who gave Jammeh a taste of his own medicine. It was also a lesson in American…
As Eid Adha locally known as Tobaski fast approaches, Gambians across the country have raised concerns over the continuous lack of power supply in the length and breadth of the Country as acute power shortage hits the Nation. Residents in Brikama and many urban areas have equally been hit hard in the power shortage for the past weeks affecting businesses who are busy preparing for the Muslim grand feast. Small businesses who largely depend on power supplies to sell their products such as Ice have bitterly complained as well. One Ms Camara who sells Ice blocks noted that for…
Gambians in New York are planning more demonstrations in New York against President Jammeh and his delegation who are attending the United Nations’ 68th General Assembly. Jammeh has already faced fierce group of Gambian activists who had assembled in front of his hotel on Wednesday and Thursday preventing him and his entourage from going about their normal business. The group though small in number consisted of some of the most active Gambian activists in the Diaspora. They managed to disrupt Jammeh’s schedule and had a direct confrontation with NIA officers and the Secretary General Momodou Sabally. More Demonstrations are…
Dear Gambia’s Military, I write to you with a heavy heart this morning. You’ve all seen how our gallant compatriots headed by Pa Samba Jow (Coach), Ous Mbenga, Banka Manneh and the countless other compatriots confronted and caged Jammeh at the Ritz Carlton hotel in New York (US). Jammeh is holed up and his movements are restricted. Some of his accompanying delegation, namely the Chief enabler aka presidential braying donkey, Momodou Sabally, and his gold-digger wife, Zainab Suma Jammeh has been openly confronted by mass crowds of peaceful demonstrators while Jammeh stays hidden in his hotel room for fear…
Gambian activists are living up to their promise in New York. They have been holding President Jammeh and his delegation in a hotel in New York all day Wednesday. Journalists and Activists Omar Bah, Nanama Keita, Sulayman Makako, Pa Samba Jow, Dr. Janneh, Banka Manneh, Fatou Sagnia and many others are standing in front of the Ritz Carlton hotel in New York confronting any member of the President’s delegations who dare to come out. The President apparently may have missed his UN meeting today because of the threat of confrontation from Gambian activists. Live reports from Journalists present on…
By Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, Cologne, Germany I don’t care what others would say against this, I am hereby extending my SOLIDARITY with Madame Fatou CAMARA, initiator and host of the FATU SHOW on GRTS (Gambia Radio and Television Services), just as I did with Tabara Samba, Ndey Tapha Sosseh and host of others who were once in distress.