On July 20, disgruntled soldiers who were protesting against the government led by a young man later to be known as Saikou Manneh were disarmed, detained and set free. The country’s president Jakali Sanneh was away. Behind state house docked a military ship by Uncle Sam. Their mission was a[Read More…]
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Gambian Journalist Publishes E-book On Jammeh
An award winning Gambian journalist, Mustapha K Darboe, has published a book on former dictator Yahya Jammeh and his system of rule for the past 22 years. A fiction title Playbook of a Tyrant is an e-book published on the biggest US-based online self-publishing retail site, Lulu. “Rarely has one[Read More…]
Gambian Environmentalist Freed After Police Questioning
Gambian activist Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh has been reunited with his family after he was questioned by police in connection with the vandalism of waste pipe owned by Golden Lead, a Chinese fishing company. Located in Gunjur, about 35 km away from Banjul, the fish meal processing factory has been[Read More…]