ASSAN DIOMA NDIAYE :“Our office was informed with the case of the Gambian Journalist by a Radio Station called RFM which asked for our immediate intervention”

By: Journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan

Me Assane Dioma Ndiaye, one of the renowned and outspoken Legal Practitioner in Senegal also the Coordinator of the League of the Senegalese Human Rights and a member of the Bureau International Quebec, yesterday has informed the participants of the auspicious gathering at the Raddisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, that “it is Legitimate to be a Rebel against Tyranny in any Country”.  

By Mathew K Jallow

 It seemed as much an expression of frustration as it was of concern. But Dr. Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was adamant. “If this struggle is to make any progress we need leadership,” says the former director of UNESCO’s division of culture and erstwhile Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs under the regime of Yahya Jammeh. Dr. Jobe’s statement came on the heels of the recently established Raleign Steering Committee and Omar Jallow’s (OJ) much publicized rejection of any portfolio in the Steering Committee as constituted. But that is only part of the story. Dr Jobe, while praising both the rationale for Raleigh and the event itself, is equally concerned about the possible proliferation of even more organizations.

Analyzed By Essa Bokarr Sey.

As Yahya Jammeh’s erratic nature has been ushering our country through
mirages, uncertainty and incompetence no one should be surprised to
see these crumbling institutions. One of the worst areas under the
Jammeh regime is the health sector. Access to primary health care
instead of being a priority for the government has been pushed to the
edge. 

GAMBIA: Where Arrest Represents Innocence & Patriotism

By Nanama Keita, New York

In a civilized society, an arrest is made when there exists a “probable cause” to believe that a person has, or is in a process of committing a crime. But in our little Gambia, being arrested or jailed could come with a complete different meaning, and ironically, a positive one - patriotism!

In other word, if one does not have an arrest-record in present-day Gambia, then that should be a probable cause to suggest that that person is a criminal. To simply put it, what we're witnessing in today's Gambia is daily arrest of the innocent and robbed while the robbers live loose in a tax-payer funded luxuries.

Gambia Government Is Selling Saudi Hajj Visas For $3,000 US Dollars!

The Gambian government is selling Saudi Visas that were given to the country for free of charge by the Saudi government to enable Gambian Muslims to attend pilgrimage in Mecca in this coming Hajj season, the Freedom Newspaper can reveal. The Saudi Visas are being sold to Gambians and non Gambians for $3,000 United States Dollars, which is approximately over D95, 000 Gambian dalasi, a knowledgeable source familiar with the deal has told this news medium on Friday. Some rogue personnel of the Gambia International Airline (GIA) and the Jammeh State House have been linked to the alleged scam.