Author: Gainako

Compatriots! We are hereby thanking all those who contributed in making the Stockholm Diaspora Dialogue A Successful Meeting! To all those who answered our call and travelled from afar to grace the occasion , in sharing your experiences, wisdom and vision for our Mother-Land; The Gambia! We thank the On-line Media: Gainako, Maafanta, Hello Gambia, Bantaba in Cyber Space, Freedomnewspaper, The Gambia Echo and Kibaaro for helping spread our invitation to the public and for granting us interview airtime to put across our message. Thank you to all those who participated by contributing in progressive ideas, cash and kind. To the community of Gambians…

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By My Basse Staff Friends of Basse, Inc., a global group comprising natives and non-natives of the eastern Gambian town of Basse, has raised D106, 000 (over $3,000) to help provide evening fast-breaking meals (Iftar) every Friday during the Holy Month of Ramadan at the two mosques in Basse and also dinners for the Night of Power (Lailatul Qadr) gatherings at the Basse mosques and their counterparts in the immediate, surrounding communities of Mansajang Kunda, Manneh Kunda, Kaba Kama and Koba Kunda. The town of Basse: Giving back to the community that raised you! The president of Friends of Basse Momodou Bilo Krubally…

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The idea of an independent Cassamance; albeit a delusional one, is at the heart of the disastrous conceptualization of what political realists and Fulas, (one of several ethnic groups) in both Senegal and Gambia characterize as an impossible dream. And just last week, new proposals for yet another round of talks over the fraying Senegambia relations over the Cassamance crisis, filled the air with anticipation. But the proposed new round of talks over the drift into the pugnacious diplomatic tussle, which has created the detwinning of the Senegal and Gambia, has to take into account Yahya Jammeh’s intent, political interest…

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By: Gainako Special Correspondent The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, His Lordship Bishop Robert Patrick Ellison will be the chief celebrant of a solemn High Mass on August 18th, 2013 commemorating the 20th anniversary celebration of the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ, St Mary for whom Kombo St Mary in The Gambia is named for.. This was disclosed by the Choir Director of the group; Mr Vincent Ndow during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in the area. According to Ndow, “it is indeed a fitting honor to have our Bishop here…

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WACSOF PRESS RELEASE N°72013 Abuja, 3 July 2013 NIGERIAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSOR FRAMEWORK FOR POST MDGs AND EXPRESSES ITS POSITIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT TO DEFEND AT THE SEPTEMBER UNITED NATION’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) Nigerian Platform organized a one day Strategic Session on Post MDGs: Developing a Successor Framework among CSOs in Abuja, Nigeria. The event was attended by 34 participants including CSOs, Media and various stakeholders on MDGs. It was convened BY WACSOF to articulate CSOs contribution to Nigeria’s positions on issues related to MDGs and post…

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By Baba Galleh Jallow Where does it start Where does it end This song that tells a story That does not start That has no end Where does it start This song that so fills the air? Where does it start Where does it end This song that tugs so hard At the rope of life That does not break That cannot tie Where does it start This song that will not stop? Where does it start Where does it end This song that pulls the strings Of that lonely heart Living in the crowds Where does it start This…

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By Sarjo Bayang Dispensation of public duty in Gambia has never been subjected to more serious abuse than what the country’s law makers recently proved their destructive capabilities by introducing the most unreasonable penalty about public information sharing. Gross abuse of state power  Power is said to be corrupt while absolute power corrupts absolutely. Gambians have seen better proof of that by the abusive misconducts of Yaya Jammeh since he used guns to dislodge a democratically elected government and now insists he will rule for one million years.

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By Yero Jallow, Minnesota (USA). On this year’s remembrance (7th anniversary) of the former Daily Observer reporter, Chief Ebrima Manneh’s disappearance, I am mourning him as dead for very obvious and conclusive reasons. It wasn’t an easy route to take, the least of my choices. I have had to do this to bring a closure to the much talked about journalist who was abducted on broad day light at the Daily Observer premises in July of 2006.

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This was an advice a compatriot dropped off in my inbox. He submitted we’re fighting a losing battle and his advice was to join Yahya since we cannot defeat him. Do you think he’s right? Are these signs of despair and dejection in our struggle? Is this a new phenomenon or has been around for long? Are they (believers in losing battle/join him) ever true to the struggle to begin with or just masquerades? I don’t have answers to all these questions. However these are neither new in our body politics nor towards the management of public resources. They have…

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By Sidi Sanneh The Senegalese Ambassador to The Gambia, H.E. Babacar Diagne, has announced today, Saturday, during a TFM television interview that the first consultative meetings between Senegal and Gambia will take place in Banjul, Monday and Tuesday July 8 and 9 2013. The Senegalese Foreign Minister will lead the Senegalese delegation. The Senegalese Ambassador also disclosed that the initial consultations were scheduled to take place in November but were advanced to an earlier date at the insistence of the Gambian dictator who felt November was to late to start the talks and that August or September were the start…

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