(JollofNews) – It is a natural trait of some Gambians to launch into fantasia, thinking the British SAS will spectacularly creep into Mr Jammeh’s bed chamber at dead of the night to extract the incumbent by the ears, and whisk him away. Honestly speaking, I think the SAS would be[Read More…]
Opinion
Gambians Please Open Your Eyes
(JollofNews) – The situation in the Gambia is like a donkey and a carrot. Gambians are still fooling themselves that great change will arise with the new government setting in. They see progress, stability and peace. They fail to analyze the fact that the new government comprise of people who[Read More…]
London Letter: Jammeh Charge-Sheet And Possible Pardon
(JollofNews) – “Sir Dawda Jawara lives peacefully in Gambia and so can Jammeh”, say His Excellency President-Elect Barrow. Presidential Pardon/Amnesty The question is whether President-Elect Barrow is prepared to offer Out-going President Jammeh a total and absolute Presidential Pardon? I think the need for a “Presidential Pardon” is why Jammeh went[Read More…]
Gambia: Justice For Deyda Hydara May Be In Sight
(JollofNews) – When the results of the presidential elections were released and Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition was declared winner, there was high hope amongst most Gambians that justice was quite imminent for people like the late Deyda Hydara who was assassinated 12 years ago today in circumstances still[Read More…]
Open Letter To Gambia’s Vice President And Ministers
(JollofNews)- A Salam Aleikum My dear brothers and sisters. I have chosen to address you as such as we are indeed brothers and sisters by virtue of our nationality, humanity and religion. Some of you I know quite well having taught, worked with or lived with in the same community. Some are[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Has Lost The Mandate To Rule
(JollofNews) Fellow Gambians: We are a group of concerned Gambian professionals mostly living or working abroad. Although we each sign this statement in our individual capacities, we are united in our love for the Gambia our homeland, by our commitment to legitimacy, respect for the rule of law, and the pre-eminence[Read More…]
How Gambians Have Lost Their Fear
(JollofNews) – With President Yahya Jammeh’s dramatic rejection of his electoral defeat – a week after agreeing to step down – it might seem like we are back to square one. For more than two decades, Mr Jammeh has ruled by the pervasive use of fear. But after tasting victory,[Read More…]
Gambia: Standing In Solidarity With The Will Of The Electorates
(JollofNews) – The Gambia Youth for Unity (GYU) joins patriotic Gambians both at home and in the diaspora in condemning outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s televised statement rejecting the outcome of the December 1st presidential elections. Yahya Jammeh had previously lauded the Gambian electoral process as free, fair and rig-proof. It[Read More…]
Torchlight With Michael Scales: It’s Over Old Friend, Time To Go
(Jollofnews) – I have been thinking a lot lately about the ongoing political situation in the Gambia and it reminded me of that historical speech by Harold Macmillan aimed at Harold Wilson in the British House of Commons: “He didn’t say yes, he didn’t say no, he didn’t say stop,[Read More…]
Gambia: The Yahya Jammeh Problem
(JollofNews) – When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million people, the gesture was widely hailed and described as an indication of great hope for democracy in Africa and particularly for The Gambia, which Jammeh[Read More…]
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