Yahya Jammeh In Hot Soap- As Rights Group Wants Him Expel From Commonwealth!!!

Director Of  Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Writes To Prime Minister Manning!!!

19 October 2009

Dear Prime Minister Manning:

I write as the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. CHRI is an international, non-partisan, independent NGO headquartered in New Delhi, with offices in London and Ghana. We advocate for greater compliance with the spirit and letter of the Commonwealth’s fundamental political values which are firmly based on principles of equity equality and universal adherence to human rights -  www.humanrightsinitiative.org

Calls to contain Yahya Jammeh gains momentum

By Kemo Cham

Sometimes it appears as though our memories fail to serve us well. We either seem to overlook the significance of history or we are guilty of deliberately ignore it altogether. But it so happens that catastrophes that have resulted from bad governance have never happened spontaneously; we have overtly watched them built up over the years and … boom! It all happened. When, for instance, the rogue Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel leader, Foday Sanko, sauntered his way to destroying his country Sierra Leone, he baffled the whole world with words like ‘my country’, ‘nationalism’, ‘freedom’, ‘peace’, ‘development’, lock, stock and barrel. Even when his roguish forces showed initial signs of going out of their way, engaging in extrajudicial killing, the demented chief of Africa’s most notorious insurgents clung on to his continued denial of the obvious.

Editorial: Under Whose Mandate Is Halifa Sallah Serving As NADD Leader??

….Without Transitional Government, There Cannot Be NADD

We Investigate NADD’s Legitimacy As A Political Pary!!

The formation of  Gambia’s opposition National Alliance For Democracy, and Development (NADD), was greeted with high expectations. Many at the time believed that this was the party, which was going to unseat Jammeh from power, but it turns out the reverse. NADD died at its infancy stage, as power struggle gripped the opposition coalition. Lack of political sincerity, principles,  and greed  were blamed for the collapse of the party. Despite the withdrawal of Gambia’s biggest opposition group, the United Democratic Party (UDP), the opposition PPP,  NDAM, and its longtime political rival PDOIS, formed an alliance. NADD’S performance in that elections were below expectations, despite the euphoria that greeted its formation.  

British Minister Responds To Michael Scales’s Letter On The Killing of Ghanaians, Case Of Fulton, Pap Saine, And other Journalists!!

Yahya Jammeh Exposed Once Again!!!

British citizen of  Cumbria.

 From........ Mr. Tim Farron,

Member of Parliament.         

Dear Michael,

Please find a copy of the letter from The Minister of State, on behalf of The British Prime Minister, to the letter that I wrote on your behalf, with regard to the dire events in The Gambia.

 I am pleased to have been able to obtain this information for you.

 Best Wishes... Tim Farron M.P.

 Foreign & Commonwealth Office,

 London SW1A 2 AH

 from   The Minister of State

to...Mr.Tim Farron Esq., M.P.

 Dear Mr.Farron,

 Thank you for your letter of 26th August to The Prime Minister, on behalf of your constituent Mr. Michael Scales. My apologies for the delay in writing to you.

 I understand that Mr. Scales received a reply from The High Commissioner on 26th August. This was acknowledged by Mr. Scales on the 27th August. Mr. Scales raises a number of points in his letter. I hope the following, together with The High Commissioners letter, will serve to alleviate any anxiety which Mr. Scales may have over the way we undertake our bilateral relations with The Government of The Gambia.

The other side of a common dictator

By Kemo Cham

The 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 countries or merely the leaderships? Like my friend who has a dual Gambian and Senegalese citizenship put it: ‘‘the common people are barely aware of their (the leaders) trivial personal problems, yet the implications are felt by us.’’