Why do you think there is so much poverty in the Gambia? Why do you think there was a group called Junglers under Yaya Jammeh? Why do you think there is so much freedom and prosperity in Sweden? Why do you think Khashoggi was killed and cut into pieces in[Read More…]
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Gambia: Justice Minister Makes Case For The Release Of Jammeh’s Hitmen
I understand that my recommendation for the army to release Mr Malick Jatta, Mr Omar Jallow, and Mr Amadou Badjie, three members of the “Junglers” Patrol Team who testified at the TRRC, has evoked strong emotions among some victims and concerned members of the public. This reaction is quite understandable[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Inside Gambia’s Mile II Prisons: “Myetti- Allah”!!!
Mamudu described the Gambia prisons as death chambers. Mamudu, while describing the harshness of the prison conditions, said those who entered prisons left alive only by the grace of Allah. Even for ordinary criminals, the Gambia’s prison conditions are brutal. From the food, sleeping arrangements, medical services, overcrowding to sanitation,[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Tracking President Barrow’s Promises
One year ago today Pres. Barrow was on a countrywide tour and he made lot of promises to the people. Here are some of those promises obtained from media reports at the time. Has he fulfilled these promises or not? That is the question. 1. To embark on a massive[Read More…]
Deyda Hydara’s Daughter: ‘I Am Still Crying’ For Murdered Gambian Journalist
By Angela Quintal/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator At Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on July 22, army officer Lieutenant Malick Jatta named former President Yahya Jammeh as the mastermind behind the murder of prominent editor Deyda Hydara on December 16 , 2004. He said Jammeh had given the direct[Read More…]
Sissiku Julius Ayuktabe: Let My People Go
I write to you today from Kondengui Principal Prison, where I am unjustly detained with a sizeable part of my cabinet and with thousands of other Southern Cameroonian prisoners who have run afoul of the repressive regime of Paul Biya, the long-ruling despot of Cameroon. We are in an increasingly[Read More…]
Basketball Africa League Announces Seven Host Cities For Inaugural Season
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has named Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh:Protest Is An Undeniable Right
The Gambia Constitution was approved in a referendum in 1996 and came into force in 1997. In that Constitution it is categorically stated that each and every Gambian has a right to freedom of assembly which can only be limited but not denied. The Constitution did not say in any[Read More…]
Gambia Needs New Cash Crop To Alternate Groundnut: Experts
(Xinhua) — Gambian experts have advocated for changing the country’s cash crop from groundnut to either sesame, cotton or cashew, as the traditional choice has lost its value in the international market mainly due to climate change. This came after framers expressed worries over the situation as their financial returns,[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow:How Fatoumatta struggled Or Is still struggling To Buy Tobaski Ram?
Fatoumatta: This year Tobaski (Eid Adha), is less than two weeks. Festival of sacrifice and feasts for almost all Muslims. Majority of Gambian Muslims struggled or are still struggling with rage to buy common rams for Tobaski celebration. Fatoumatta: Elite greed breeds mass poverty which in turn tears the moral[Read More…]
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