Gambia Government Bans Skype And Viber Free Phone Calls

By Pa Nderry M’Bai

The Gambia government on Thursday announced the banning of all local and long distance Skype and Viber free calls in The Gambia--citing what it calls "the major financial loss that government is accruing due to Skype and Viber free calls." The Gambia government has also banned online dating in the impoverished West Africa cocaine hub nation. Internet providers, companies and users here have been strictly warned to comply with the the ban imposed on Skype and Viber phone calls by the government.  Analysts said the Gambia government is violating international Internet access protocols by banning Skype and Viber free calls. But PURA said the ban will enhance the government's revenue collection rate in the area of telecommunication. PURA warns all stakeholders must comply with the new directive.  "PURA wishes to inform the general public that it has come to its notice that there are companies and/or individuals operating through Internet Cafes and offering Dating services and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services as a commercially available service to the public in The Gambia. Therefore, all are hereby informed that such practices are not authorized," PURA strictly warns. 

‘JAMMEH BRIBES CORRUPT SENEGALESE SECURITY AGENTS TO HAVE ME DEPORTED FROM SENEGAL,’ KOUKOIE SAMBA SANYANG ALLEGES

After he was bundled up and forcefully escorted to the Senegalese international airport, accused of using Senegal as a base to topple the Gambia government, Gambia’s revolutionary leader Koukoie Samba Sanyang, has said that he is a victim of “betrayal and smear campaign” by some corrupt Senegalese security officials, who are on the payroll of dictator Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia. Mr. Sanyang was placed onboard a Kenyan airline and was scheduled to be deported to Mali late Wednesday afternoon despite global outcry for the unceremonious reception meted out to him by his host country neighboring Senegal. Mr. Sanyang has been living in Senegal for the past eight months. He said he was in the West African country for medical treatment. But Senegal refuses to buy his story.

A Guide To Investment To The Gambia: What Foreign Investors Need To Know About The Country And The Leadership!

Investment in the Gambia goes with a big risk. There is no guarantee that one’s investment will be protected by the state. This is largely due to institutionalized corruption, lack of justice, rule of law, and press freedom in the country. The environment for aggrieved investors to seek legal recourse during investment disputes do not exist in the Gambia. The courts are not independent. The President directs the activities of the judiciary. Judges who refuse to toe the President’s line are often arrested, detained and in some occasions prosecuted on trumped up charges. That’s how bad Gambia’s judicial system is. The media cannot report about government corruption. Information is controlled by the state. Journalists critical of the regime are likely to be arrested, tortured, or killed.

Belgian Investment Assessment Firm Reacts To Freedom Newspaper Lead Story On The Risk Associated With Investment In The Gambia!

 StrategiCo. - Gambia Risk Analysis March 2013

Dear Sir,

StrategiCo. has just released its March 2013 rating on The Gambia, of 11.8/14 (high risk), and we thought you may be interested in it: http://strategico.fr/Gambia_Country_risk_analysis,2,id,17?PHPSESSID=e14651495afa563123f452716b86e721#17  Growth in 2013 could reach 9% provided that the agricultural and tourism sector develop.  Regarding banking, 12 out of 13 banks have met the minimum capital requirements.  On the political front, local elections are due on 4 April, with little change to be expected.  Keywords: Yahiah Jammeh, Casamance, reshuffle, Mali crisis.

SG Pa Harry Jammeh Was Yahya Jammeh’s Emissary In Germany To Have Ex- Army Warrant Officer Bai Lowe Possibly Extradited!

EX Army Warrant officer Bai Lowe is seeking protection in Germany, but little did he know that the Jammeh administration is determined to have him harmed, or possibly extradited from the new place he now calls home Germany. Yes, dictator Yahya Jammeh is hatching a dangerous plot against Bai Lowe, a man, who openly confessed on Freedom Radio that he was an active member of Jammeh’s assassin team. Jammeh wants Bai Lowe eliminated so that Lowe’s in-depth knowledge about his crimes against humanity will not be known to his new host—the German government. Bai Lowe wants protection that is why he quits the assassin team Yahya Jammeh initiated him into to become a certified killer. Although, Bai has denied killing anyone for Jammeh. His job was to drive the assassin team to carryout secret killings for the irrational Gambian despot. After having confessed to witnessing the gruesome murder of journalist Deyda Hydara, the killing of Jammeh’s own brother Haruna Jammeh, sister Marcie Jammeh, Jasaja Kujabi, Ex spy chief Daba Marena, and the four other security detainees the regime had earlier claimed to have escaped while being escorted to a jailhouse in Janjangbureh, and the massacre of the 40 Ghanaian sailors back in July 22 of 2005, Lowe jumped the Jammeh sinking ship and secretly resettled in Germany. He wants protection from the German government—citing present and past persecution he suffered in the hands of Africa’s most brutal dictator. Mr. Lowe said all the killings and the firebombing of media houses carried out by the assassin team were authorized by dictator Yahya Jammeh.