“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and one, and only one person was of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” – John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1867,[Read More…]
Opinion
Njaga Jagne: A Hero And Son Of The Gambia
(JollofNews)- Whilst Gambia celebrates an end to dictatorship and revels in a historic and peaceful transfer of power that culminated in the swearing in of a new president, it is worth repeating that there was nothing peaceful in the Gambia for 22 long years. As a result, hopelessness and[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: APRC Crimes: Foni – The Worst Victim Of Yaya Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Yes Yaya Jammeh is from Kanilai, which is in Foni, yet in his 22 years of misrule the region that suffered the most happened to be Foni. Despite the fact that Yaya Jammeh and APRC had enjoyed 100% support from Foni where their parliamentary candidates consistently go unopposed,[Read More…]
Gambia: The Horror of Jammeh’s Decades, Victims Of Despotism (Part 1)
(JollofNews) – Gambians who experienced the horrors, the realities and the struggles of our people to regain our freedom and democratic institutions during Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship are morally obliged to tell the truths to expose the saddest and scariest human rights and economic crimes of his regime. Nothing can change[Read More…]
Gambia: Differences & Similarities Between The Jawara, Jammeh And Barrow Regimes
(JollofNews) – Why Systematic Overhaul Remained The Answer! Not simply swapping one president with another. Differences & Similarities: How they limit our freedoms/civil liberties, stalled democratization and denied our prosperity. Bucket 1: Separation of Powers (That’s the 3 Co-equal Branches of a democratic government. Jawara/PPP: The executive (the presidency) controlled[Read More…]
Gambia: Identity Politics Is HATE Personified! (No to Tribalism)
“When you are running for your life from a lion, you don’t stop for a minute to look back and see what color of a lion had been chasing you. You just run forward as fast as you can for your own safety” (JollofNews)- Identity politics, also called Identarian Politics[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise Or Fall Together
(JollofNews) – In 1909, an American journalist called Joseph Pulitzer exposed a fraudulent payment of $40 million by the United States to the French Panama Canal Company. Immediately the US Government took him to court charging him for criminal libel against Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and the banker J.P. Morgan, among[Read More…]
Gambia: A Memo To Baa Tambedo And Demba Ali Jawo On Press Freedom And Freedom of Expression Part 1.
Congress shall make no law…. abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…. This is the part of the First Amendment and the words are very plain, and would seem to be beyond the power of even lawyers and politicians to twist or distort. The Constitution’s framers provided the[Read More…]
Gambia: Please Don’t Trigger President Barrow’s Soothsayer
And Don’t Make Yahya Jammeh Smile from Guinea (JollofNews) – In May 2016, a Jammeh’s soothsayer edition sub-capped, “Is the End Near?” stated, Yahya shall fall from directions he least espies…” And what was the direction Jammeh least espied? ELECTIONS! Not just Jammeh, but almost the whole world never thought[Read More…]
Torchlight With Michael Scales: Anxious Moment In Gambian Politics
(JollofNews) – There are some high risk stakes in the forthcoming National Assembly elections in the Gambia. This could be the last chance saloon for several of the old party leaders should the electorate make unforeseen choices. In recent times, the electorate all over the world have been making unforeseen[Read More…]
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