An opposition leader in the Gambia has called lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT) ‘disgusting’ and has warned that his party will never provide a safe haven for them. Mai Ahmad Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress party (GMC) said marriage is between man and woman and anything[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Is The African Union ‘A Chicken Or A Toothless Bulldog’?
Metaphorically, the African Union behaves or live like chicken. They see the son of a Man eat their eggs, and they stay on in his homestead. They get rid of their friends, and they stay on in what is called learned hopelessness. The son of a Man will go, and[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro: Rosa Parks And George Floyd – The Unlikely Catalysts Of Black struggles
“Rosa sat / So Martin could walk / Martin walked / So Barack could run / Barack ran / He ran, and he won so that all our children could fly.” Thanks for singing along, and thanks to Amy Dixon-Kolar for music in a revolution. A hero is Rosa Parks,[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Why There Will Be Little To No Change In AmeriKKKa
You talk to any of those nestled deep within the American establishment and they’ll tell you that Police Brutality against the poor and Blacks of America is a problem. I mean it has been a problem since the days of slavery. The Black Panthers, that the US Government worked doubly[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Desperation Of Yaya Jammeh Worshippers
Yaya Jammeh is going crazy in Equatorial Guinea. Hope is dwindling for his evil worshippers here in The Gambia. They tried to make noise for his return but that did not pan out too well. So Yaya, being the clown he is, and in his infinite wisdom, leaked an audio[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Unresolved Murder Of Haruna Jatta Prompt Outcry On Lack Of Justice For His Family
The death of an African American, George Floyd, at the hands of a white policeman in Minneapolis, has sparked several days of violent demonstrations across the United States. It has also elicited global outrage, including a planned protest in Banjul by the so-called Coalition of Human Rights Defenders. However, in[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Manipulating Information
Information is powerful. It is so powerful that it is usually identified as one of the instruments of national power. The wrong information about a person or institution, if left unaddressed, can forever sully such person or institution’s reputation. Once wrong information matures and grows horns, it is very difficult[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Problems of Precedent Affection Court Of Appeals Opinions
A court’s power or ability to decide a matter depends on its jurisdiction. If a court has no jurisdiction, it cannot decide a matter and bind others with its decision. The jurisdiction of a court is granted by and spelled out in the law. What is the precedent value of[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Defending President Barrow
I am sure if you ask President Barrow and those around him, they’ll agree that they definitely don’t need me defending or advising him on anything. Having said that, I’ll still go ahead and defend him against these APRC lackeys like Jam Sarr who is seething with unbridled anger and[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Superior Court Judges And Doctors Are Next To God
As a preface to this piece, allow me to quote and rekindle the wisdom of John G. Roberts, Jr., who made rather interesting remarks at his confirmation hearing for the Chief Justice of the United States: “Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. Judges[Read More…]
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