Special Feature

African Democracy

The Twisted African Democratic Revolutions

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

Either in Libya, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt or Tunisia, the African nation-state, from its birth, has been in some sort of undeviating inanimate democratic revolution. The reason is that the African state, as a political entity, is yet to have everlasting grip with the African nation, as a community, hence the almost constant schisms and the revolutions. African revolutions occur not because of the African community, which is intact, but the African state, which is unbalanced and unreflective of Africans’ innate democratic feelings.

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Commentary

Africa’s Culture Question

Ghana/Sierra Leone/Africa Development

 By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

As progress act, Africans are questioning their culture in terms of their advancement. The strategic issue of culture in Africa’s progress is gaining momentum. In Ghana, the culture-progress debate has given birth to an enlightenment movement.

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Breaking News

As 5-Million Dalasis disappear at GPA

–   Ms. Jabou Jammeh sits in police jail

By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-in-Chief

In yet another case of an unprecedented scale of official corruption involving the Jammeh family network, The Gambia Echo reports with unimpeachable evidence that well over five million Gambian Dalasis (approximately $200,000) went missing at Gambia’s beleaguered seaport, The Gambia Ports Authority better known by its acronym, GPA.

M. L. Gibba Ex-GPA MD

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The Gambia, 17years under Jammeh

 Dear Mr. Editor,

We are now into seventeen years of APRC rule under the man of seven or eight decorated titles. I hope Gambians would take some time to look back and seriously make a good analysis of APRC then and now. Mr. Editor, it’s been a while since I left The Gambia, I don’t know if school children are still gathered on July 22^nd and February 18^th to sing for the Banjul Airport terminal, which does not even have the capacity of a single concourse, while airports in many countries generally carry up to seven concourses.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

PRESS RELEASE

 22 July 2011

Gambia: Hundreds disappeared, killed and tortured

Gambia must act to improve the deteriorating human rights situation across the country, Amnesty International said in a campaign document released today. Climate of Fear Continues: Enforced disappearances, killings and torture in Gambia details how cases of enforced disappearances are yet to be resolved after several years, those involved in unlawful killings have not been identified and bought to justice, and torture is still widely used by the security forces.

 Africa's insane human butcher, Yahya Jammeh

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Analysis

Treason: The Criminal Offence Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh did not commit

By Lamin J Darbo, JD, London UK

As a criminal offence, it sounds melodramatic, even extraordinary. No surprise that treason is seen as occupying the apex of political offences. It evokes sentiments associated with danger, death, even the ingredients of general mayhem.

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The Gambia ALERT: Ex-Press Union Boss, six others accused of overthrowing President Yahya Jammeh 

Ndey Tapha Sosseh, the immediate past President of The Gambian Press Union (GPU) and two other Gambians, were on July 19, 2011charged in the ongoing treason trial involving Dr. Amadou Scattered Janneh, a former Minister of Communication and three others for allegedly distributing materials demanding an end to the authoritarian rule of President Yahya Jammeh.

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Commentary

Ghana/Africa

Finally, Jerry Rawlings gets Democratic Shower

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

The so-called founder of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), ex-president Jerry Rawlings, is an unhappy man. By nature he is at home with dictatorship, loud noise and being at the center of the stage. Rawlings didn’t get all these at the national delegates’ congress of the NDC in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo on July 9 billed to elect a presidential candidate.

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Commentary

I am distraught

 By Karamba Touray

 In the last 24 hours I have heard public comments from United Democratic Party (UDP) leader, Ousainou Darboe restating both his desire for a united opposition and his optimism that one would be forthcoming. I have also heard Halifa Sallah on VOA restate his wish for a united

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EchoAnalysis

Economic surge, but inequality on the rise

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, BA, MA, MJ, Montreal, Canada

On the streets of Ghana’s top cities, Kumasi and Accra, it is easy to observe increases in the perennial beggars – from the physically disabled to healthy men and women of all ages. “Please could you spare some change,” is a constant irritating tune. Aside from the beggars, more Ghanaians are falling below the poverty line of US$2.00 a day. No doubt, labour strikes have become daily occurrence.

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