Justice For The Press

The uncharted side of Senegal’s music world

2010-03-02T00:44:00.001Z

Senegalese have an enduring proclivity for obsession. Whether it is sport, politics, music, or religion, Senegalese put their whole in whatever they get involved in. It makes it a somewhat knotty task to pinpoint a particular domineering passion for the people here, like you would soccer for Brazil, American football for the US, cricket for India, or rugby for South Africa. But music is

Gambia: Caught red-handed

2010-03-02T00:19:00.006Z

Gambia might not be the only country whose rights situation was reviewed in Geneva recently, at the 7th session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), but thanks to a largely unfavorable press and an unhelpful attitude of indifference on the part of the leadership to the media attention it gets, the country’s highly debatable human rights record remained prominently in focus. Even

Outstanding issues on the El-Faisal saga

2010-01-30T20:28:00.008Z

<!--[if gte mso 9]>

Angola 2010: Who is who?

2010-01-08T11:56:00.008Z

Soccer has advanced, and so have nations. There is a widely held view that there are no longer any underdogs in soccer. This makes it such a task to predict which two teams will make it to the final of this year's African Nations Cup - Angola 2010. And even more difficult is to say which one will ultimately emerge as the lucky winner. Did I say luck? Well, in a tie that involves giants like

The beginning of the end

2009-11-28T18:18:00.002Z

Yahya Jammeh has never been so alienated and frustratedWe are slowly but sorely arriving at the meaning of the recent onslaught that saw the Gambia’s security hierarchy severely bashed, with the ignominious removal of the man everyone would agree was hitherto Yahya Jammeh’s most trusted ally, General Lang Tombong Tamba. At the time of his removal, a number of theories emerged, subsequently

Commonwealth SG says Gambia is under investigation

2009-11-27T16:45:00.002Z

<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan;

‘Gambia’s situation an embarrassment’

2009-11-23T12:55:00.002Z

Director of Common Wealth FoundationSmall Gambia continues to feature in every human rights discourse around the world these days, all be it for the wrong reasons. And in no region is this so true at this particular point in time than in the Caribbean, where heads of states of former British colonies are gathering for the heads of government meeting in the Trinidadian capital of Port-of-Spain.

Human rights activists not given up on Jammeh

2009-11-20T15:04:00.002Z

2009-11-18T23:19:00.004Z

Jammeh will not attend CHOGM meeting

2009-11-18T23:19:00.003Z

Did he bow down to pressure again? Reports have emerged that Gambia’s tyrannical ruler, who is currently putting up with the most ferocious of opposition from the international community for an irresponsible statement he made last September, will not be attending the Common Wealth heads of state meeting later this month in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. As reported by the

Calls to contain Yahya Jammeh gains momentum

2009-11-17T16:15:00.003Z

The other side of a common dictator

2009-11-12T23:19:00.004Z

The professor of deceptionThe other day I was discussing with a friend of mine, our discussion centered on the many missed opportunities that abound for citizens of the Senegambia region, which remains far out of reach as a result of the mostly abrasive relationship between the two countries. Or is it the

A word for Surata Marong and co

2009-11-08T19:37:00.004Z

A popular revolt or the court of God

2009-11-08T14:40:00.000Z

Stemming abuse of public property?

2009-11-07T07:18:00.001Z

Last Thursday, November 5 2009, another minister took oath of office to serve ‘‘without fear or favour, ill will or affection.’’ Dr Abubakar Gaye became part of the rank of Gambian ministers as the new minister of Health, replacing recently sacked Dr Mariatou Jallow in the most unpredictable government on planet earth. A ‘‘difficult task,’’ Yahya Jammeh himself admitted, when presiding over the

Politicizing corruption

2009-11-06T06:13:00.002Z

A marriage of inconvenience

2009-11-01T05:24:00.005Z

Lately I have been wondering what has come over the opposition in Gambia. But the thought of the perilous condition under which they operate leaves me with little basis to blame them entirely for the predicament that faces the country. As time unfolds, reasons of passed and present happenings reveal themselves. One very important thing that recently captures my attention is the delirious ranting

The Next Revolution

2009-10-18T19:59:00.004Z

Africa's latest brand of dictator The problem with Africa is that its entire leadership core is a composition of contradictions, rendering it quite a compromised entity to making any form of judgment on individual states immersed in crises. This is very much responsible for the constant upheaval that engulfs its many innocent people. Count out the few countries that are, to a reasonable extent,

Jammeh’s latest move, an executive gimmicks?

2009-10-10T17:29:00.005Z

Re-Challenging the editors and Diaspora oppositions

2009-10-09T18:52:00.002Z

I normally would not respond exclusively to individual pieces of articles. I have decided to do so in the case of this gentleman, Omar Jallow of Raleigh NC, as published on Freedom Newspaper Online, Thursday October 8, 2009, only because, unlike the rest of those who have done something that attracted my attention, he has put up some very good and salient points that I would not want to pass

Mo Ibrahim Index: Gambia ranks 19th

2009-10-05T16:26:00.004Z

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-charset:0;

Jammeh’s thousand and one paradoxes

2009-10-01T18:00:00.005Z

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:

Lessons Yahya Jammeh must learn!

2009-09-30T20:18:00.013Z

Under quite a compelling urge to go off with anger, I still continue to restraint myself against responding to some of the spurious comments I read almost on a daily basis about me and how I feel about Yahya Jammeh, his government and his perceived ‘Kingdom’ of The Gambia on the one hand, and on the other hand, my past record in the increasingly dwindling effect of a rather botched and negligible

The Task Ahead!

2009-09-17T18:18:00.000Z

Even as I rode along Southern Senegal’s Cassamance Region, heading for the capital Dakar, struggling between leaving behind my ghastly experience of the previous day and the life that awaited me at my virtually unknown destination, I had a third tormenting concern as I realized rather faintly that I would have to put up with another mucky task to accomplish – the chore of countering the obvious

Breaking News: The Big Interview. With Freedom Newspaper

2009-09-16T19:45:00.004Z

Read my interview with Freedom Newspaper. I promise it is just the beginning of the crusade. As usual, your criticisms are welcome...constructive criticisms, I mean.Have a nice read.Breaking News: The Big Interview:Absconded Daily Observer Editor Blow The Whistle!!!Absconded Daily Observer Editor Blow The Whistle!!!As Kemo Cham Calls For A Travel Ban To Be Imposed Against GRTS’S Momodou Sanyang,