Fellow Gambians and Friends of the Gambian The Alliance Democratic Party wishes to inform the general public that the planned meeting between officials of the EU and Gambians in the Diaspora which was scheduled to take place in Brussels this week, has been postponed until further notice. A new date will be communicated to all concerned as soon as it is fixed.
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By Baba Galleh Jallow The people of No Talk Republic were saddled with a curious dilemma that was amply expressed by the fact that nowadays, their country was called No Talk Republic. Clinging furiously to his conviction that he had the best and brightest answers to all the questions in the world, Gyant DaMidget resolutely trampled on, crushing the weak, smacking the defenseless, slapping the innocent and banging the heads of vulnerable families on the wall. He liked to show people that he was more powerful than they were. As he grew fatter, the people grew thinner. Things got so…
News of the appointment of a Ghanaian Justice Mabel Agyemang as new Chief Justice of the Gambia replacing Justice Wowo has been confirmed. This appointment of a Ghanaian trained lawyer who has served as an expert Appeal Court judge from the Commonwealth Secretariat; the Ghanaian Judiciary and Swaziland among others brings some form of hope and optimism to the Gambian Judiciary. At least from the very fact that she comes from a model Democratic West African State of Ghana known for its strong independent judicial and democratic institutions, one may be incline to believe that she will try to push Gambia’s justice system…
Unlawful overreach: why Government has no mandate over the Gunjur-Marlborough Link What with the EU rights standoff, the perennial uncertainty of our nation’s relationship with the open international currency markets, and the deepening inflation affecting daily necessities, one would have thought the attention of The Gambia Government would be fully engaged with these and other issues pivotal to national cohesion and security. But tragic-comedy is ever present in the convoluted public life of The Gambia, and so it came as no surprise that Government considered it crucial and proper to intervene in a dispute affecting one-half of a private relationship…
By D. A. Jawo The recent amendments to Section 173A of the Gambia’s Information and Communication (Amendment) Act 2013, which says that “A person who commits an offence under sub-section (1) is liable on conviction to a fine of three million Dalasis or imprisonment for fifteen years or to both the fine and imprisonment”, is yet another clear indication that while the rest of Africa is on the fast lane to good governance and democratization, the Gambia is moving on the opposite direction.
FROM K STREET TO 13TH STREET, PREDATOR LOBBYIST SANITIZE JAMMEH The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists – DUGA will hold a protest at the BGR Group lobbying firm at: Place: The Homer Building Eleventh Floor South 601 Thirteenth Street NW Washington DC, 20005 Date: July 30, 2013 Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm The BGR Group is another lobbying firm hired to sanitize the filthy Jammeh regime after Jefferson Waterman International (JWI) attempted but withdrew from that blood – laden contract as a result of our protest in outrage. Like JWI, the BGR Group will be paid a staggering $45,000 per month…
By Matthew K Jallow As Gambians celebrate the tragedy of July 22, 1994, please take a minute to remember the victims of Yahya Jammeh regime; the dead, those who fled the country, those who disappeared after their arrests, those maimed by torture, the hundreds incarcerated, the increasing poverty and despair and total lack of freedom in the country. There is a reign of fear in Gambia and there is no freedom of the press. As you celebrate the July 22 anniversary with Yahya Jammeh, ask yourself whether this is the kind of country you want to live in; a…
July 22, 1994, was a day greeted with mixed reactions in The Gambia. While some expressed joy and hope for a “New Gambia”, many were apprehensive and fearful of the historical legacies that military coups have left in Africa. Though consensus recognized that change was necessary in The Gambia, the feeling of apprehension was justified, as few examples can be cited where military coups have led to a stable and sustainable democracy anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, The Gambia is no exception.
Modou Musa Gambia Football Federation – President Vision “To develop and promote a healthy football community in The Gambia, stabilize and improve the financial and administrative infrastructure of Gambian football and ensure better cooperation between the GFF and football stakeholders, the Gambia Government, CAF and FIFA” Modou Musa is married with children, currently the Managing Director of First International Bank (FiBank), is a former Gambian international player who played at all levels of the Gambian game from school to the national team.
As we mark 19 years of tyrannical rule in the Gambia, as abusive as it is obscurantist, The Campaign for Democratic Change Gambia (CDCG), in its inaugural statement on this day of infamy in our political calendar, will echo the resounding and continuing denunciation of the APRC government and Yahya Jammeh’s diabolical regime, by all men and women of conscience around the world.