Gambia’s Appalling Human Rights Records Might Lands Jammeh in Trouble!!!

 Early next year, the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) Community Court is expected to rule in a case brought against the Gambian government on behalf of journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh, reports the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). Manneh was arrested in July 2006 and has been held incommunicado ever since.

Gambia’s President Arrives in Taiwan!!

By Lamin Kinteh

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh arrived in Taipei, on a five day official visit. His visit followed the recent United Nations decision to reject Taiwan’s request to be admitted into the Global Body. The Gambia was very instrumental in championing Taiwan’s admission into the UN. The UN General Assembly dismisses Gambia’s petition letter signed by other countries to have Taiwan admitted into the UN. The UN maintains that Taiwan was part of Main Land China. But the Islanders insist that Taiwan was a sovereign nation.

Finance Minister Gaye Exposed By Anonymous Source

Is Geofry Renner Running The Finance Ministry Undercover?

…Minister’s Foreign Bank Accounts, Relationship With Edward Singhatey, GRA, Swiss Air Unveiled!!!

By Moro Gaye

As Gambia’s Finance And Economic Affairs Minister Balla Gaye tabled the 2007 and 2008 fiscal year budget before the National Assembly, the Minister has been accused of inefficiency, double standards, womanizing, corruption, nepotism among others. An anonymous source who reached the Freedom Newspaper explained how Balla Gaye swindled funds to overseas accounts. Gaye was also quoted of having said that Edward Singhatey, the erstwhile Forestry and Environment Secretary of State was the only decent and sober person in Jammeh’s Government and that the rest in Gaye’s opinion “ were bunch of vicious criminals.” The source who threatened to expose Minister Gaye’s overseas bank accounts online said the former MD of the Social Security And Housing Finance Corporation Geofry Renner was running the Department of State For Finance undercover as Gaye in his own words “lacks the required qualifications” to run that Department of State. Our source also went on to expose how Sara Janha, the former Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service in the First Republic helped Gaye to be hired as his Deputy, but only to be fired due to gross incompetency. Below is the full text of the source’s piece. Please read on…

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 Dear Pa,

May I first and foremost congratulate you on your new born baby. So your baby is only few weeks older than the baby son of Yaha (not Yahya). They will share the same generation. I wonder whether there will be enough resources, both human and economic, left for them to have a meaningful lives in our Gambia. Today, the SOS for Finance will lay before the members of the National Assembly, the Draft Estimates outlining the revenue and expenditure(including development) plans of government for the coming 2008 fiscal year. We should take these figures with a pinch of salt as they have been subjected to all sorts of manipulations, revisions and omissions.

As Gambia Observes Disability Day: Beggars Demand For Govt’s Subvention To End Financial Nightmares!!!

By Lamin Kinteh, Banjul.

Celebrating disability day, disabled people in the Gambia have gathered at the KMC and other localities across the impoverished West African country. They have pointed out their grievances especially against government and the way some Gambians discriminate at them.