(JollofNews) – The King of Bechuanaland was very oppressive and suppressive, in short brutal. He killed his subjects, took their properties and did whatever else he wished to them. They got fed up with him and plotted to get rid of him. Enough was enough! A group of citizens got together[Read More…]
Opinion
London Letter: Is Amadou Samba’s Absconding A Bluff?
((JollofNews)- When I first heard the story that Amadou Samba had abandoned Jammeh and is in Dakar, I asked the Gambian friend: “Where is Minister of Information Sheriff Bojang?” As far as we all know, Sheriff is still serving in Jammeh’s government and, I think, there is no way[Read More…]
Torchlight With Michael Scales: The Lesson Of King Canute And Gambia’s Political Impasse
(JollofNews) – King Canute, is a story that springs to mind as I further consider the political impasse in the Gambia. Though the story is often misrepresented by historical commentaries to mean something else, the one narrated by Henry of Huntingdon in the 12th Century, states that King Canute was[Read More…]
Message To Officers Of The Gambia Armed Forces
(JollofNews) – Fellow Gambians, fellow members of the Gambia Armed Forces, for now, I will only reveal to you that am a member of the Gambia Armed Forces and a highly ranked officer but please allow me to remain anonymous till we succeed in making the rest of the Armed[Read More…]
Statement By The ACP Group On The Political Situation In Gambia
(JollofNews) -The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States continues to monitor closely the unsettling political developments in The Gambia, following the successfully conducted elections of December 1, the graceful concession of defeat by President Jammeh on December 2, and the latter’s subsequent reversal of that decision on December[Read More…]
Standing Shoulder To Shoulder With Gambia Bar Association
(JollofNews) – Dear President of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA), I have been instructed by the President and the Executive Committee (Board) of Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) to write to you to continue to express our solidarity with you at this sensitive time in your country, and also to dissociate ourselves[Read More…]
London Letter: Dangerous Stalemate In Gambia’s Crisis
(JollofNews) – My London newspaper this morning, the Guardian, brings news of the dangerous situation developing in The Gambia. Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal and Hollande of France are quoted as stating clearly that “Jammeh must leave the Presidency in The Gambia” – as the Gambian people voted for the election[Read More…]
Gambia: How Yahya Jammeh Lost The Elections
(JollofNews) – It is quite obvious that outgoing President Yahya Jammeh was very much surprised by his defeat at the polls which he had never anticipated despite all the signs to that effect. This is apparently why he was so confused by the results that he did not know how[Read More…]
Letter From New York: My Loyalty To President Jammeh Is Unwavering
(JollofNews) – I wonder what kind of democracy some of the opposition Gambian activists, especially those in the diaspora are advocating for, who are acting increasingly intolerable to my divergent political opinions or affiliation? Even some unexpected close members of my family are denouncing me for standing by my belief[Read More…]
Gambia: President Jammeh’s Soothsayer Ends …
(JollofNews)- Inside State House On Election Night And Beyond FIRST MESSENGER: Janjangburreh speakest with sanity, as doth their vote. And Banjul Central doth stay its way to our sway. Great Soothsayer arrives soon! SECOND MESSENGER: I wouldst Brikama swell with green and tilt to our vantage, while Serrekunda stirred by the[Read More…]
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