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Breaking News: Gambia: Jammeh Fires Justice Minister Marie Saine!!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010 (1551 reads)


Justice Minister Marie Saine Fired!!!

Pa Harry Jammeh Takes Over

Has Yahya Jammeh fired Justice Minister Marie Saine?  News in the grapevine is running wild—suggesting that the Minister has been axed out. But we just received a confirmation about Minister Saine's removal. She has been replaced by Pa Harry Jammeh, a half brother to President Jammeh. She was sacked with immediate effect.

Pa Harry In Cabinet finally!



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Breaking News: Gambia: Gambian Coup Detainees Massacred—State House Insider Explains!!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 (2497 reads)


Gambian Coup Detainees Massacred—State House Insider Explains!!!

Chilling Details Of torture, death threats, and poisoning

Amnesty International, Others Asked To Visit Gambia

By Staff Reporter Modou Barry, Banjul

A highly placed source close to the State House in Banjul is calling on the Amnesty International, and other rights groups around the world to embark on a fact-finding mission to  The Gambia, to document what our source referred to as the recent “torture” of security detainees—notably the erstwhile Army Chief of Staff General Lang Tombong Tamba. The source who is very familiar with the case of General Tamba and co said “ it is sad, and unfortunate that Gambian soldiers can expose their fellow colleagues into such  a systematic torture, and physical abuse. The source said some of the detainees are likely to die due to complications they suffered during the torture sessions. The detainees were denied food, and in some occasions threatened with mass executions—as armed  totting soldiers fired shots in the air, said the State House insider.



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Breaking News: Gambia: Justice Minister Says Jammeh Never Threatens To Kill Rights Activists
Thursday, February 25, 2010 (707 reads)


Justice Minister Says Jammeh Never Threatens To Kill Rights Activists

With regard to international assistance, Gambia stated that all the areas highlighted in the national report, priority areas in which assistance was needed. The 2005 Children Act had raised the age of criminal responsibility from 7 to 12 years. Regarding the death penalty, the Gambia stated that it was an exceptional measure, applied in cases involving murder and treason, that had been reintroduced in 1995 to combat the spate of criminality and was likely to remain in force for some time. However, the country was exercising a self-moratorium, and no execution had been carried out during the current Administration. With regard to the alleged call by the President for the killing of human rights defenders, the delegation stated that that reported information did not reflect what had actually happened or what had been said at a meeting between the President and religious leaders. The President had never made a statement castigating human rights defenders, who were free to come to Gambia under the protection of the law. The Government was committed to respecting the treaties it had ratified, and the hosting of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights demonstrated the Gambia’s attachment to human rights,” said the Geneva rights conference document which was made available to this paper.

 

 



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Breaking News: Gambia: Drug Squad Boss Appears In Public Armed With A Loaded Pistol!!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 (1031 reads)


Drug Squad Boss Appears In Public Armed With A Loaded Pistol!!!

Minister Of Interior, IGP, NIA, Others Asked To Intervene

Bun Sanneh Has No Permit To Carry Guns In Public—Says Police Insiders

By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba, Banjul

The Executive Director of  Gambia's National Drug Enforcement Agency(NDEA), is coming under strong criticism for carrying arms in public—without legal permit, the Freedom Newspaper can reveal. News reaching this paper revealed that the NDEA Boss Mr. Ebrima Bun Sanneh is in the habit of displaying his shorthand pistol in public gatherings, which according to legal pundits is contrary to the country’s laws.“He needs an unconcealed arm permit in order to display his gun publicly. He does not have one anyway. He is just using his position to possess gun illegally. There are dangers associated with allowing security officials to carry such guns without concealed permit. One, they can commit a capital offence unnoticed— because there is no formal effective gun control accountability mechanism put in place in this country. The police are expected to have an inventory of small arms in the country, but there are a lot of arms in the streets unregistered.  Here, we need the intervention of the NIA to bring Bun Sanneh to book. This report needs to be investigated,” said  a highly placed source familiar with Mr. Sanneh’s illegal gun possession.

 



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Breaking News: Gambia: General Tamba At RVTH On Medical Treatment
Thursday, February 25, 2010 (2360 reads)


General Tamba At RVTH On Medical Treatment

By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba, Banjul

Former army chief General Lang Tombong Tamba who is currently detained by The Gambian state was seen at the Royal Victorial Hosptial Teaching Hospital in Banjul Wednesday February 17th . General Tamba received medical consultations amidst his ailing health, sources here said. He arrived at the RVTH overnight under heavy security escort, and was treated the same day. Medical sources said General Tamba has been complaining about constant body pains, and the torture inflicted on him while under custody. The source said Tamba appeared weak, pale, and physiologically down.



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Breaking News: Gambia: Gambia Was Better Off During Colonialism Era, Compared To Jammeh’s Rule- OJ Tells Freedom Newspaper
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (1428 reads)


Gambia Was Better Off During Colonialism Era, Compared To Jammeh’s Rule- OJ Tells Freedom Newspaper

Says The Gambia Is Not An Independent Nation Yet!!

The Gambia Is A Terror State- Politician Laments

Pa Nderry M’Bai, Banjul

Leading Gambia politician, and also a onetime former Agriculture Minister in the deposed Jawara administration Omar Amadou Jallow says The Gambia is still not a “free nation,” and therefore it cannot commemorate its 45th  independence anniversary—when the country’s citizens have been reduced to perpetual slaves, amidst rule of terror, fear and lawlessness perpetrated by the administration of incumbent President Yahya Jammeh. Mr. Jallow speaking in an exclusive interview with the US based Freedom Newspaper at his Pipeline residence Tuesday said The Gambia was better off during the colonial era—under the leadership of her majesty the Queen of England, compared to the Government we had today—who in OJ’s own words “had systematically undermined the core values of independence, democracy and good governance.” OJ opined that there cannot be independent Gambia, when its citizens are not free to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech, expression, association and movement. He says the 15 years of Jammeh’s rule deprived Gambians such rights and liberties, and therefore argued that it is a mockery and a waste of state resources to celebrate independence in this country.



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Gambia: Conversation with Exiled Gambian Journalist PK Jarju
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (1300 reads)


Conversation with Exiled Gambian Journalist PK Jarju

Source: http://www.freemedia.at/gambia-q-a/  

IPI: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has been criticised for his stance on press freedom. What is your take on Jammeh’s role in freedom of the press in the Gambia?

Jarju:
When President Yahya Jammeh came to power in a bloodless coup in July 1994, he promised to be a servant of the Gambian people. He acted as a puritan, a man who was not interested in politics and who had even asked local journalists to criticise him and his regime anytime they go wrong. Afterwards, when local journalists began criticising him and his regime, Jammeh turned hostile, ordering the arbitrary arrest and torture of journalists. Many foreign journalists working in The Gambia were arrested and booted out of the country. And despite the return of the country to ‘civilian’ rule in 1996, the atmosphere in which local journalists operate has become more dangerous than ever.

 



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Breaking News: Gambia: State To Drop Economic Crime Charges Against Lai Conteh
Monday, February 22, 2010 (1579 reads)


State To Drop Economic Crime Charges Against Lai Conteh

Conteh Says He Has Money To Pay off Missing Millions

Once He Paid off The Squandered Funds, We Will Drop The Charges- DPP Richard Chenge

By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba, Banjul

Lawyers representing the former Kanifing Municipal Council Mayor Lai Conteh,  have announced a new monetary deal—which could set their client free from future legal wrangling with The Gambian state, a court in the regional town of Kanifing heard Monday. The embattled Mayor said he has the necessary funds to pay off the millions of dalasis he allegedly embezzled during his watch as the head of the KMC. His lawyers informed the Special Court Criminal Division headed by Justice Moses Richards that Mr. Conteh is willing to pay the sum in question to regain his freedom once and for all.



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Gambia: Effecting Political Change in 2011: A Differing view To Sonny Daffeh
Monday, February 22, 2010 (814 reads)


Effecting Political Change in 2011: A Differing view To Sonny Daffeh

 By Modou Nyang

Mr. Editor,

I currently live in the United States and have witnessed events which led to the establishment of NADD. I am privileged to witness all the last three elections, presidential, National Assembly and Council Elections. I have been engaged in a debate at the other on line Forums notably the Gambia-L with people who claim to be part of UDP-UK branch, on the best way forward to bring about change in the next presidential election in 2011.



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Gambia: Youth Organization of Gambia (YOG) Celebrates Gambian Culture Night
Monday, February 22, 2010 (824 reads)


Youth Organization of Gambia (YOG) Celebrates Gambian Culture Night

In the quest of raising awareness about Gambian Culture and their vision as a community organization, the Youth Organization of Gambia (YOG) successfully celebrated a Gambian Cultural Night on Friday February 19, 2010 at the West Bronx Recreation Center, Bronx, New York City. The colorful historic occasion indeed manifested a bright future and great future that holds for the tiny West African nation. It has further brought to light that change is indeed progressively taking shape across socio-political contours of the tiny West African nation.



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