One thing that is increasingly becoming constant in the Gambia’s post-independence political trajectory is the chaotic nature of change of power. When the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara’s sun downed on 22 July 1994, he was literally scampering to safety alongside his family and officials. Meanwhile when Jammeh’s “Supreme” power[Read More…]
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APRC’s Amie Jatta Calls For United Force Against Barrow
A stalwart of former President Yahya Jammeh’s APRC has been using the airwaves in an apparent attempt to prick the national consciousness about the need and urgency for collective action against President Adama Barrow. In several of her radio interventions, Amie Jatta made passionate appeals to Gambians to put aside[Read More…]
Alleged Gambian Death Squad Member Denies German Charges
A Gambian man on trial in Germany accused of belonging to a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist, on Thursday denied the charges. “I did not participate in these acts,” the defendant Bai Lowe’s lawyer told the court in the northern town[Read More…]
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