Equatorial Guinea is set to construct the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification plant in West Africa, advancing efforts to monetize gas resources through the creation of a domestic gas-to-power infrastructure. Located at the Port of Akonikien on the country’s mainland, the plant will enable the transportation and[Read More…]
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Madi Jobarteh: GPA And The Gambia Police Force Should Be Investigated
Fatu Network. Kerr Fatou. Harona. EyeAfrica TV. The Trumpet. The Chronicle. Foroyaa. The Point. Standard. The Voice. GRTS. Gambia Daily. West Coast Radio. Star FM. DHK. Paradise FM. Hot FM. QTV. Gainako. All Radio and TV stations and newspapers and all Journalists! Hear me out! Section 207 of the Constitution[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Responding To Gambia Ports Authority’s Wishy-Washy Media Statement
I have given a good read to the Press release from the GPA regarding its construction of a police station in President Adama Barrow’s home village, Mankamang Kinda. The Release is a mockery of accountability and truth, and terribly wishy washy. Here are my analysis of each part of the[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow:How Gambia’s Democracy Was Hijacked
The December 2016 Presidential elections appeared to be completely devoted to the Gambia’s third resistance to inhumanity in all its forms. It was the Gambia’s war of resistance and struggle against President Yahya Jammeh’s Kleptocratic tendencies. The worst kleptocracy in sub-Saharan Africa, the Gambia became firmly entrenched a benevolent dictator[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Reprisal Is Dictatorship! Free Killa Ace And The Youths
Arson, vandalism and stone throwing are not part of freedom of assembly and those who engage in such must be apprehended to face the law. What happened to Notorious Officer Gorgui Mboob’s House and the ransacking of Police stations in Serre Kunda in the July 24 protest was unlawful and[Read More…]
Morro Gaye: Is President Barrow Still Reviewing The Janneh Commission Report?
We can no longer go down on bended knee begging for debt relief or acquiring more debts when almost US$1billion, equivalent to one year of GDP and twice the size of our external debt allegedly looted over two decades of Jammeh’s rule is still unrecovered! It would be recalled that[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Gambia: Let’s Focus On Our Political Parties
How come The Gambia Ports Authority would have the audacity to spend one butut of our money to build a police station? GPA has no mandate to provide public goods and services directly. They are supposed to focus on their business according to its act and then pay dividend to[Read More…]
Kawsu Ceesay: Our Democracy Stands To Gain If We Can See Beyond The Five-year Factor
Mr. Adama Barrow was clearly the democratic choice of the majority of Gambian voters in the December 2016 Presidential elections. The electorate chose President Barrow over former President Yaya Jammeh thanks to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) reached by seven opposition parties. The 3-year term limit that the opposition Partners[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambian Police Threatened To Circumcise Me In Detention
One of Gambia’s most persecuted journalists during the previous APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh has revealed how he was tortured and threatened to be circumcised by senior Gambian police officers while in detention. Continuing his write-ups about his experiences as a journalist in the Gambia during the regime of[Read More…]
Gambia: How Baba Jobe Was Used And Dumped By Yahya Jammeh (Part Three)
Lawyer Mai Ahmed Fatty was in the middle of a consultation meeting with a client in his Law Associates Chambers on Satellite House, Banjul, when his cellphone began to vibrate. Looking at the caller ID flashing on the phone, “Sorry I have to take this call,” he apologised to his[Read More…]