“L’etat c’est moi” (‘I am the state’) said Louis XIV of France. “Dhekabi maako morm” Shouted Yaya Jammeh. “I am more powerful than Yaya Jammeh. I have the Police, SIS, Army and ECOMIG” Blasted Adama Barrow. Words matter. Words matter more, especially when they are spoken in anger or in[Read More…]
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Dr Omar Janneh: Free Lunch May Be An Inducement To Get What You Want Some Day
My Fellow Gambians, Please let us not allow anyone to fool us that this type of government-enabled migration is no different to people voluntarily migrating to another country for greener pastures. Let’s not listen to those self-serving individuals in the Barrow government who will not send their own sons and[Read More…]
Activist Criticises Gambia’s Failure To Uphold Disabled People’s Rights
A Gambian based activist have accused successive governments in the Gambia of terribly failing people living with disabilities in the country. Njundu Drammeh, national coordinator of the Child Protection Alliance (CPA), said the Gambian environment is disabling and compounds the challenges and discrimination which persons with disabilities are forced to[Read More…]