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The Gambia: Dr. Amadou S. Janneh and Co.; the closing argument

No Author — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:00:00 EST

Now the trial has ended and the verdict of the court is upon us, and what is still not clear to any Gambian is what exactly is treasonous and seditious in what CCG members have done. The formation of political associations and printing and giving out t-shirts with political messages on them represent CCG member�s political opinions that;

Gambia: the �Diaspora summit� that was more bluster than substance

No Author — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:25:00 EST

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The so-called Diaspora summit idea, first heralded as groundbreaking, soon descended into an abyss of paralyzing doubt and lethal skepticism; foiled primarily by an extremely hostile and antagonistic dissident movement. The meeting which began with high expectations, ended instead with a thud; overshadowed by rumors about Yahya Jammeh�s seeming disappearance

Innocent Part 3

No Author — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:45:00 EST

In the trial of Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh and the Coalition for Change-Gambia (CCG) 7, for the unlikely crimes of treason and sedition, the chicanery ended for the state�s prosecution witnesses,

Gambia�s Yahya Jammeh: winning the battle; losing the war

No Author — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:11:00 EST

It was not quite like the notorious Röhm-Putschof 1934, yet Yahya Jammeh�s malicious Faustian denunciations of his political opponents, and his threatening self-righteous hypocritical pontifications about the immorality of tribal politics, in a strange way, bore a remarkable, if not an unsettling resemblance to the Night of the Long Knives. For like Adolf

Gambia's president endangers all of Africa, says American columnist

No Author — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:43:00 EST

'The U.S. can't ignore what's going on in Gambia. It is a growing transshipment point for drugs to Europe and is on its way to becoming a destabilizing force for the western region of Africa,' says Melvin Foote, president of the Washington-based Constituency for Africa. 'A lot of people over there see him (Jammeh) as an instigator.'

The Gambia�s darkest hour

No Author — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:48:00 EST

Friday 25^th November 2011, will in the annals of The Gambia�s history, be forever remembered with consternation and utter disbelief as one of our country�s darkest hour; a dark day in which Gambians everywhere descended to the lowest points of our political lives. The shocking results of Gambia�s recently concluded presidential elections are a manifestation of the power

The Gambia: Jola kingdom and hegemony

No Author — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:23:00 EST

Imagine that in this 21^st. century, there is a country ruled by a cabal of corrupt, semi-literate group of nonentities who belong to the same tribe. And imagine they are all in some way or the other related either by blood or by other tribal affinities. Imagine also their tribe is only a mere seven per cent of the population in their country. Now imagine they managed under the

Yahya Jammeh, you have very bad intentions for Gambia

No Author — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:44:00 EST

Going by what many serious thinking Gambians share in terms of genuine information, it's become clear that the self imposed president Yahya Jammeh is rejected by a nation he continues tormenting for almost 20 years. Let Mr Jammeh read this message if he cares.

The anticlimactic end of the melodramatic political hysteria

No Author — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:21:00 EST

The guessing game is over. And the National Reconciliation Party�s (NRP) firebrand, Hamat Bah, has emerged as the face of the splinter coalition, and frankly, it was not unexpected. But the conclusion of this ostentatious, if not dramatic chapter of political rivalry is unsettling in its cruel audaciousness. Yet it was all a storm in a tea pot, which in its evident superficiality, had the air and the aura of political deceit and manufactured grandiosity. The recently concluded

Position of Responsibility: Who Is Unqualified?

No Author — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:38:00 EST

Our venerable prophet, Muhammad (may peace be upon him) is reported to have said that one who expresses a desire to hold a position of responsibility should not be given the mandate, and that he once declined the request of one of his disciples to be appointed governor of one of the regions of the then Islamic State, saying that his request rendered him unqualified for the post. Superficially, this

Tribalism-A Nation In Denial

No Author — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:39:00 EST

The Gambia, a small nation of less than 2 million is composed of different ethnic groups or tribes. There are 8 or more ethnic groups in The Gambia and almost every citizen is fortunate to speak one or more of the languages. God created man and then diversified him into different races, tribes and languages. This is done to enable an atmosphere of

Innocent: Part 2

No Author — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:48:00 EST

The Coalition for Change Gambia (CCG) members� treason and sedition charges and the names on the witness list reads like the stock inventory in a Wal-Mart store rather than a serious capital offence case. But in The Gambia where the impossible and improbable have become acceptable as the norm, the rationalization of the ridiculous and the nonsensical is an exercise Gambians have reluctantly become accustomed to. To think that the entirety of the state�s

The Gambia: The reluctant but willing warrior paradox; Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh

No Author — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:58:00 EST

Precisely three months before his politically motivated arrest, Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh confided in me his post-Yahya Jammeh�s regime�s ambition. �I would like to teach a class in Human Rights at the Gambia University.� It was a defining moment in our relations; a moment that completely altered my view of our fledging Coalition for Change Gambia (CCG). In him, I met another Gambian of academic

To Hell with PDOIS, Their 'Primaries' and 'Conventions' of Satanic Covenants

Yankuba Jambang, Editor & Publisher — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:38:00 EST

We get it right. Halifa Sallah and the PDOIS are in support of Yahya Jammeh and his APRC government. At least that's what the ghastly crash of the opposition coalition talks has shown. To hell with their ideas and preconditions; let's move on, UDP.

Elections or no elections Hell No to five more years of Yahya Jammeh�s terrorism

No Author — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:58:00 EST

Moses Richards: The betrayal and the consequence

No Author — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:51:00 EST

The battle lines were drawn. This time, for members of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA), it was a test of wills galvanized by an episode so close to home. Fed up with being taken as Yahya Jammeh�s doormat, the GBA prepared to bring the entire judiciary system to a

President Jammeh castigates Gambian Muslims, seeks friendship with Islamic nations

No Author — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:25:00 EST

In what appeared as total disrespect for the dead, Gambia�s president Yahya is on record making derogatory remarks on the Muslim cemetery of Banjul, capital of the tiny West African country. Just after coming to power in July 1994, army coup leader Jammeh began to make public addresses. He meant to instil discipline and good behaviour.

A Conversation with Secretary General Abdou Sara Janha

No Author — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:53:00 EST

I had the privilege to engage the honorable Abdou Sara Janha sometime last year as part of the ongoing conversations I like to have with my fellow citizens across the broad spectrum of Gambian life. Mr Janha served the Gambia government from 1962 to 1994 when the coup prematurely terminated his long and distinguished career at which time he had risen to be Secretary General of the Civil service. I wanted to understand both

The Busumbala Witchcraft Massacre: Yahya Jammeh�s ritual sacrifice to his Jola Oracles

No Author — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:26:00 EST

Mustapha Jatta and Sarata Sanyang did not know what hit them; could not see the hulk of steel that was bearing down on them. In one instance, their lives flashed right before their eyes, and as suddenly as it began, it was all over. When the dust finally settled, they were reduced to mere heaps of lifeless flesh and coagulating blood. Today,

The GCC 8 are innocent, says MK Jallow as he blasts Pres. Jammeh over prosecution of Dr. Janneh, others

No Author — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:46:00 EST

'On the contrary, it is Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council party who committed acts of treason and sedition by first overthrowing the democratically elected government of The Gambia and by systematically perverting and committing acts of political sabotage against the Gambian state; acts which are borderline seditious and perhaps even treasonous,' says Mathew K Jallow.