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British Chief Diplomat Visits Gambia

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(JollofNews) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is visiting the Gambia to mark the country’s return to the Commonwealth.

Mr Johnson who is the first  Foreign Secretary to visit the former British colony, will hold talks with President Adama Barrow during which they will discuss fighting extremism and terrorism and how to support the growing tourism industry in Gambia.

He said: “I’m delighted to be the first Foreign Secretary to visit Gambia this week and delighted to have a chance to meet the newly elected President Barrow and President Akufo-Addo of Ghana.

“Their elections highlight the continuing strengthening of democracy in West Africa.

“I am also very pleased that Gambia wants to rejoin the Commonwealth and we will ensure this happens in the coming months. The strength of our partnerships show that Global Britain is growing in influence and activity around the world.”

The Gambia withdrew from the Commonwealth in October 2013, with former President Yahya Jammeh describing it as a “neo-colonial institution”.

“The Gambia will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that represents an extension of colonialism”, Mr Jammeh said at the time.

But the election in December of opposition candidate Adama Barrow has triggered a reverse in policy.

2 Comments

  1. Barrow is the best thing to happen to gambia in 23 years

  2. A SENEGALESE VASAL STATE OR AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN STATE? PATRIOTIC GAMBIANS NEED ANSWERS FROM THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT:

    The Adama Barrow, Mai Fatty, Ousainou Darbo Regime of the Current Era (CE), are in a Pickle of Hot dogs, Sausage, Animal intestines and a good doze of Stink. The Stink comes from the fact that the Adama Barrow, Mai Fatty and Ousainou Darbo Regime Reflexsively, Amateurishly And Opportunistly, with Contempt toward The National Interest and Security of the Gambia, bargained and Contracted away the Economic and Political Sovereignty of the Gambia to their Benefactor “Uncle” Macky Sall of Senegal. The ECOWAS/ECOMIG FORCE which is in Reality is a Senegalese Government Conceived, Pushed forward, Implemented, Controlled and Led by Senegal’s Macky Sall and his Clique of Francophone Hegemonist, hell bent on Proscribing and Totally Colonizing the Gambia. It is No secret within Successive Senegalese Presidents and Governments’ that, their Long Term Day time and Nocturnal Dreams have been the Subjugation, and even Forceful Annexation of the Gambia to exploit its Natural Resources and Geo-political Position. The Senegalese Government and Officials have always harboured a Marriage between Senegal and the Gambia and Failing to gain a Reciprocal RESPONSE from the Gambia, any Means to Achieve this Objective and Goal is Welcomed and would be Appreciated Appreciated​. The Insidious and Cynical goal and objective is for Senegal to Use the Gambia like they have done with Cassamance for Decades on as an Economic Colony to Exploit to the Maximum for the Benefit and Enjoyment of the Northern part of SENEGALESE Establishment. The Current Occupation of the Gambia by the Senegalese Government through the Cover of ECOWAS and its Military Intervention Force, ECOMIG FORCE, is the repeat of the 1981 Joof-Jawara Regimes Opportunistic Marriage which in turn Ushered in or Forced upoin the Gambia, the Defunct Senegambia Confederation. Apologists who would portray themselves as “Critics” would say, wait a minute Sidi, “the Timber in question or in “Limbo” is allegedly from Senegal, therefore, Senegal is the one being “exploited” and not the Gambia. To this uninformed Kneejerk and Reflexsive need to Defend President Adama Barrow and his Clique’s “Contract” of the Gambian Sovereignty and Independence to the Senegalese Government, is the Potential, Salient and Relevant Major Real Crimes and Misdeminors Committed by Adama Barrow and his Clique of Mai Fatty and Ousainou Darbo Regime. The Origin, Destination and Determination of the Chain of Custody of the SAIDTimber would not have been in the hands of the Senegalese ECOMIG FORCE General’s Responsibility who Does Not have a Mandate to Impound, Cease and Detain Legal Business Transactions within the Boundaries of the Gambia, even if the Commodities or Goods are Suspected to have been dispatched from Cassamance. This is a Role the Gambia Police Force are Authorized and Mandated to Carry out within the Boundaries of the Gambia. It is Not the Job or Mandate of a Foreign Military Intervention Force/ECOMIG’S SENEGALESE General or his Henchmen, Aided and Abetted by the Lack luster record, the Irresponsible Behavior and Actions or Inaction of Adama Barrow and his Clique’s Behind Closed Hotel Doors Contract and Selling of the Gambia and its Sovereignty to Senegal and Macky Sall. The results of the Blind Hatred, the Vile Vitriol and the Irational Cowardly the Fear of the SECOND REPUBLIC’S by “Men” and Women GAMBIANS Voted for to Lead and with all Truth and Reality, have not been Competent nor Reassuring in their Execution of the Gambian People’s Work. While Adama Barrow and his Clique Behind Closed Hotel Doors Spending Millions of Dalasis’ Contracts with Hotels both in Senegal and Now in the Gambia, Should be of grave Concern to all GAMBIANS regardless and despite their Party Politics. As I write this piece, the National Security Adviser to President Trump has Retired due to the issues of Contravening of the established Constitutional Democracy. There are Salient Questions to ask the newly minted Minister of Interior, Mai Fatty. His Portfolio and Office is incharge of the Boundaries, Internal Security and Safety of the Gambian people, Legal affairs of the Gambia and Local Governments, as well as the Law Enforcement Units and or Departments Operating within the Boundaries of the Gambia, Should be held accountable and Encouraged to Hold a Press Conference Now, to inform and explain who gave the Authorization for the Senegalese ECOMIG FORCE General to Interdict, Cease and Detain iligally Gambian Citizens/People and their reportedly legal Property, in this case Timber. This is and Should be the role of the Gambia Police Force, Customs Officials and other associated Law Enforcement Units of the Gambia and Not Senegalese General under the Cover of ECOWAS/ECOMIG FORCE in the Gambia. I am not Belittling the need for Mai Fatty to “Trot” about at the Mile 2 Prison Complex for a Tour and at the same time engage in Self-service, Self-promotion Photo-Up Pre- packaged Event. He should Now follow up with that and make Tangible Sustained Reform and Improvements he louded to the Press. If this a SHOW for it and in itself, then I will be right to point out that, while Mai Fatty was busy perfecting his Potential Circus Maximus SHOW for the Press at the Mile 2 Prison Complex, and Adama Barrow and his Clique were busy Stuffing themselves with all the Hotel Kitchen can Dish out, the Real and True Rulers of the Current Era Gambia under the Decree of the Senegalese Government’s “Governor General” who Interdicted, Stopped, Detained and Confiscated Gambian Property and Citizens without apparent reason or Cause. Yet, the President, Adama Barrow, nor his Designated Authorities authorized to be in Charge of the Gambia’s Interior, Minister of the Interior Mai Fatty has been Silent on the Matter. Either Gambia is an Independent Sovereign State, or it is Not. If it is an Independent And a Constitutional Democractic Sovereign State, then it Must Reprimand the Unlawful Act of the Senegalese ECOMIG FORCE General with reference to the Timber Case which some might be tempted to Call “Timber Gate”. GAMBIANS would Not Accept, Nor Sit Helplessly while Adama Barrow and his Clique’s Bargain and Contract Away Gambian Citizens’ Civil and Individual Rights Derived from the 1997 Constitution as well as their Entitlement to the Benefits and Rights Reserved to them by Birth or Naturalization. This issue should Not be Approached, Nor Seen as a Party Politics or Ethnic driven attempt to Divide and Silence those who dare Raise Salient Questions and Constructive Engagement and Criticism. Mr. PRESIDENT and Mai Fatty, please come out from the Hotel Doors and Clarify what the Current Era Gambian Political Dispensation is? Are we a Vasal and Colonized State Under Uncle Macky Sall and Senegal?

    The Majority Patriotic Gambians Need and Want Answers

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