By Alex Kingsbury

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 By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor–in-Chief

           There is an after dinner narrative that was famous during the bi-polar struggle when the United States and the defunct Soviet Union were in the height of the struggle for ideological dominance. The narrative goes thus: there lived two dogs; one in Holland and the other in Poland. Each Christmas, the Hollander   would go to Poland and bark fiercely but the Polish dog never paid attention. After doing this for successive Christmas dinners, the Polish dog became frisky and decided to speak its mind.

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Slain Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara was remembered in a serene and sombre ceremony in Normandy France.His eldest son Baba Hydara was a special guest and compiled this report for our- sister publication, The Point Newspaper where Hydara was Managing  Editor.

Who Killed Deyda Hydara????

Deyda Hydara                           Jammeh knows!!

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Below we reproduce a letter by one of our readers who only wants to be called "JB" (a.k.a concerned Senegambian) on the growing uncertainties between The Gambia and its southern neighbor, Senegal. Read on

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According to our Yundum Barracks correspondent Officer "X" ( OX), President Yahya Jammeh has appointed Captain Modou Lamin Jarju as Deputy Director General of the all too powerful National Intelligence Agency (NIA) with immediate effect

New Interior  Minister Sonko

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By Ebrima G. Sankareh Editor- in- Chief

Predictably, Gambia’s controversial Inspector General of Police Mr. Ousman Sonko; a convicted rapist has been appointed as that beleaguered West African nation’s Secretary of State for the Interior. He replaces Rtd. Colonel Babucarr Jatta, Gambia’s former army chief and Ambassador to communist Cuba for a brief spell. Jatta, perhaps the lesser of two evils depending on whom you talk to, presided over the massacre of over a dozen students in April, 10-11 2000 while they were exercising their constitutional right to protest some of the excesses of the monstrous regime of President Yahya Jammeh who by a twist of irony, was visiting Castro at the time.

      Babucarr Jatta sacked by Jammeh with the stick!

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This is the beginning of the end of an era in Gambian politics. The Gambia is now at a cross road between the past and the future. The past can never be restored and the present can never be sustained. The future must come. This is why clarity is necessary to shape a new way forward for the country.

Hon. Halifa Sallah

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 Pentagon Finalizes Creating Actual Africa Command 

                                  By Scott A. Morgan

                    The ongoing crises in Africa have finally prompted the Pentagon and the outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to finally initiate a unified Military Command for Africa. The timing for this concept that is reportedly in its final stages may be crucial...

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Barely a week after the publication of my article about Africa’s misuse of foreign aid, and how today, most African countries are dependent on foreign aid, an article appeared in which Gambian Finance Secretary Musa Bala-Gaye inadvertently confirmed what many of us knew all along. That eighty percent of Gambia’s annual development budget is sourced from foreign aid is not surprising, but it is certainly alarming to say the least. How does this compare to the Jawara years?

                                   Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara

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Nobel Laureate Professor Milton Friedman of the famed "Chicago boys" is dead at age 94. Below we reproduce a piece from the New york times

            Dr. Milton Friedman

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While the presidential elections that dealt a devastating blow to Gambia’s fractured opposition are now history, everyone is anxiously anticipating the outcome of the National Assembly elections less than two months from now. Therefore, all those concerned about the welfare of this country are hoping and praying that both the leadership of the United Democratic Party (UDP)-led coalition and the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) have learnt some useful lessons and they would avoid whatever mistakes they committed during the run up to the humiliating presidential elections which handed an undeserved victory on a silver platter to Yahya Jammeh.

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Finally, Gambia's belligerant President Yahya Jammeh has appointed a new Attorney General & Secretary of State for Justice  to head that chequered mini- West African state's rustic Justic Department...  

President Yahya Jammeh in white robes

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 Commentator, politician and social critic Ousainaou Mbenga has been following The Gambia's political situation for a long time now. Ever since the 1994 coup that toppled the PPP regime he has been quite critical of the institutionalization of the military and the excesses that go with military rule. In this critical expose, Mbenga critigues the entire electoral process as another mechanism to solidify the dictatorship..... 

Dr. salim A. Salim 

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THE GAMBIA'S GOVERNANCE CRISIS 

Guest Editorial By Mathew K. Jallow

In Yahya Jammeh's brave world, nothing seems to matter except what he thinks, says and does. By emasculating our country's menfolk, Jammeh is succeeding in turning The Gambia into one of the most docile countries on the African continent. But, he is doing so at a great price.Today,Jammeh's world revolves around his paranoia...

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Reports reaching us reveal that NIA Chief Harry Sambou (a.k.a. Harry Boy) has been fired with immediate effect...

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By Ebrima G. Sankareh Editor in- Chief

            Unimpeachable reports from State House allege that Sarja Kujabi, (a.k.a.Jasaka), of Dobong village in the Western Division and President Jammeh’s cousin-brother Haruna Jammeh, may have been executed by state security agents and their bodies buried at a remote location in the thick bushes of Foni when the NIA was under Daba Marenah...

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Retired LT. Binneh S. Minteh was among those soldiers who survived the bloody events of November 11, 1994. He fled to Senegal and was later granted amnesty by The US Government. in this series, the ex-soldier narrates the chilling details of the events and how some of his colleagues and comrades were reportedly butchered by the AFPRC junta that toppled the PPP regime... 

President Yahya Jammeh

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Journalist and critic Bubacarr B. Sankanu discusses the blatant sexual expolitation of African women by powerful politicians. He also takes issues with women politician who are no better than their men counterparts in the political power play from Europe, Africa and south Asia...

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Our Banjul correspondent  Majammeh Yahara sends us this humorous short story from the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul...

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Journalist-commentator Mathew K. Jallow examines the co-relations between Foreign Aid and underdevelopment in Africa. For many years Jallow was Project Supervisor with the German charity-Freedom From Hunger Campaign (FFHC) and later served as Project Manager with Action Aid International-The Gambia.In 1982 he founded TANGO-The Association of Non-Governmental Organizations and in 1989 he founded the first indigenous NGO with international recognization- DASH- Development Action through Self Help. He has travelled extensively in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Americas in his crusade against poverty, corruption and underdevelopment. Jallow has served as a resource person and consultant for numerous organizations and international experts on poverty alleviation in Africa.He holds degrees in Business Management, Tourism & Hospitality and is a Graduate student at the prestigious University of Wisconson majoring in Public Administration & Non-Management...

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By Adama Hawa

 This Saturday marks the twelve-year anniversary of the November 11^th. Massacre that our Yundum Barracks correspondent OX has been revealing. Below, our columnist Adama Hawa takes us back through the mystery and predicts what the future holds for the Jammeh government vis-à-vis the incident.

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