A Succinct narration of Gambia’s Reality today by Pata Saidykhan If I’d grown up in an abusive household where my father abuses my mother, emotionally or physically, what would and should have been my (moral) responsibility? Do I stay out of the fight of my beloved parents, step in to defend and protect my mother or go on my knees and pray that God intervenes if not in his physical form but via miraculous Divinity? I wouldn’t wait for you to counsel me as to what to do because I have a conscience and mind of my own to decipher…
Author: Gainako
By Yero Jallow, US Yeteh-hono was fasting. The African sun was too hot and you could see blazing rays drying the leaves. He decided to buy time (make his Ramadan fast go faster) by going to sleep. Nanoseconds turned into seconds, seconds into minutes, and minutes into hours. The mighty yeteh-hono is awake. He rushed to his backyard to observe how far the sun has traveled. It was right over head smiling at him. He reluctantly retreated to the room again and crept under that cold blanket. He was consumed in time consciousness entirely. He was up again sooner than…
The Gambia is currently oozing suffocating political heat waves which are condensing at an alarming rate. If these violent political clouds hovering over the Gambian horizon are not dissolved, when they precipitate, Gambians will swim in pools of blood. One does not need to be in Banjul or Basse to feel its repelling humid political climate. Gambia’s senile dictator is not only determined to tighten his grip onto power but avails and alerts himself to utilise any means necessary to continue saddling on Gambians with impunity. To add insult to injury, Jammeh believes he is too clever for Gambians. Unfortunately,…
President Yahya Jammeh State House, The Gambia July 22, 2013 Dear President Jammeh, JULY 22 ANNIVERSARY: The paradox of a bloodless coup d’état and a bloody 19 year rule Today July 22nd 2013 marks 19 years of your coming into power – the day that you wrested power from a democratically elected government and imposed an undemocratic illegal franchise which lasted for two years. Today, you are the ‘legitimate’ head of state of The Gambia. After coming in illegally, by overthrowing the Government of President Dawda Kairaba Jawara you became legal by taking off your uniform to contest for elections…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: AFR 27/006/2013 22 July 2013 GAMBIA: NO COMPROMISE ON HUMAN RIGHTS: INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN HELPING THE GAMBIAN PEOPLE SECURE THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS As “Freedom Day” in the Gambia is marked today, Amnesty International, the Campaign for Human Rights in the Gambia (CHRG) and Coalition for Change – The Gambia (CCG) expressed serious concerns about the dire human rights situation in the country. The organizations called on the Gambian authorities to end their repression of journalists and human rights defenders and urged the international community to strengthen their efforts to improve…
By: Ousainou Mbenga Some or many of your readers will question the association of Kukoi’s death with the hands off demand and safety of Saul Ndow and Mahawa Cham; two Gambians whose existence and where about still remain a mystery, as much as Kukoi’s death remains tangled in accusations of foul play. This association has ample validity because of the horror and mischief brewing in the 3 B’s (Banjul, Bissau and Bingona), with Jammeh being the primary provocateur, but notwithstanding, the hidden hands that stir this cauldron of cut-throat gangsters and mercenaries. From the Gambian front; our challenge is being…
By Sarjo Bayang Public confidence is severely broken by a national corporation feeding on taxpayers’ money and failing to deliver. In the beginning History of Gambia’s Social Security scheme began with the State Pension Board. In early 80s, there was felt need to build larger capital structure by investment of pensioner’s funds in commercial ventures. That idea gave birth to what is today known as Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation SSHFC. Birth of Housing Estate in Gambia It all started with low cost housing located at Bakoteh in coastal Gambia. Many of those who secured plots had structures built…
By Mathew K Jallow The Gambian military and security forces recruitment policy under Yahya Jammeh is designed for an imminent Jola majority in a country with only seven percent Jola population. And some Mandinkas who share surnames with Jolas are crossing the distinct tribal divide into the social and economic security of Jolaness. Gambia at its worst; one might argue. And there is validity to the definition. Gambia’s recent social and cultural changes may, on the face of it, seem nuanced, but the impact on the character and psychology of Gambian society is profound and devastating.
Barely 24 hours after our editorial highlighting the criminal behaviors of Gambia’s newly appointed Chief Justice Joseph Wowo who was heard negotiating bribes with the disgraced former Minister of Justice, the inevitable Axe has fallen on Wowo. Reports from Banjul confirms that Joseph Wowo has been fired and reportedly arrested. He will be replaced as Chief Justice by a Ghanian Appeal judge.