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Articles from
November 2010
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GMC Party Leader addresses Gambians
Dear Compatriots;
Dear Friends;
Dear Friends of The Gambia;
I have profound honour to present my compliments to you all, and to share with you today, briefly, some thoughts on the way forward about the most urgent challenge we confront - regime change. In a bid to bring this into effect, we must ensure that never again in our history must we permit the survival of circumstances that produced the current regime.
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posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:07 PM by egsankara
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Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh continues to arm the MFDC rebels in Casamance
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By Camillus Eboh
ABUJA | Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:20pm EST
ABUJA(Reuters) - A court in Nigeria on Thursday charged an alleged member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and three Nigerians over a shipment of mortars and rockets seized in the main port of Lagos last month.
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posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010 2:17 PM by egsankara
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Iran says Gambia under US pressure
Following Gambia's announcement that they have severed all ties with Iran, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission blamed US pressures for the Gambian reaction
Source: Radio Zamaneh
According to ILNA, Alaeddin Boroujerdi noted that Iran had no embassies in Gambia and their embassy in Senegal took care of relations with Gambia...
Alaeddin Boroujerdi
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posted on Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:54 PM by egsankara
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Editorial
“The hope lives on and
the dream
shall never
die”
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By Mathew K Jallow, Associate Editor
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step. This week’s convergence of female voices on Maafanta.com around an issue that has paralyzed the Gambian male psyche, typifies the frustration engendered by our anemic response to the murderous regime of Yahya Jammeh. The eye-catching title of this editorial, which is borrowed from a Maafanta.com article authored by the intrepid Sigga Jagne, is illustrative of the frustration and hopelessness Gambians....
Mathew K. Jallow
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posted on Saturday, November 27, 2010 6:30 PM by egsankara
posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:02 AM by egsankara
posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:59 AM by egsankara
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Africans have to start emphasizing on mental liberation
By Prince Bubacarr Sankanu
Like the Maafanta.com Publisher Fatou Jaw Manneh, I could not control my laughter when news of President Jammeh's planned transformation into the King of The Gambia reached me. Jammeh reportedly said he will not seek a new term. Anyone who believes this nonsense will become a Saint...
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posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 9:15 PM by egsankara
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By Mathew K Jallow, Associate Editor
La Guinea’s presidential elections ended in an unexpected way; the winner lost. It is as simple as that. This result was what many expected, but hoped would never happen. With Cellou Dalien Diallo robbed of his victory, Alpha Conde has shamelessly and accepted....
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posted on Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:27 PM by egsankara
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Riots spread as Diallo supporters clash with security forces; 6 dead
CONAKRY, Guinea – Guinea's military on Wednesday declared a state of emergency, further restricting civilian movement and giving the army permission to deploy in civilian areas as security forces continued to target members of the Peul ethnic group following a tense presidential election.
The decree read on state TV by the head of the country's armed forces said the law would be in effect until Guinea's Supreme Court rules on whether to validate the provisional results from the election...
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posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:50 PM by egsankara
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Dear Editor,
It has been said that the people get the government they deserve. Or the government is a reflection of its people. What does your political situation say about Gambians? Every one seems to blame your prospective King, but what of the people who have put and kept him in power and now want to make him....
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posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:06 PM by egsankara
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Commentary
The Gambia and Election 2011
By Jeggan Grey-Johnson
The upcoming poll in 2011 is perhaps the most important in this nation’s history, for two simple reasons: it represents a turning point in our body politic, where leaders have a chance to redeem themselves and do the right thing; it is also an opportunity for all citizens to vote with their heads. In 1996, only 12 percent.....
Jeggan Grey-Johnson
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posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:20 PM by egsankara
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Commentary
There will still be challenges ahead for La Guinea
By Mathew K Jallow, Associate Editor
La Guinea, like many countries before it, is on the difficult road towards democraticization. As can be expected, changing the status quo there will not happen without a struggle. Eventually though, like Ghana, Nigeria and Botswana among others, our hope is the La Guinea will come out of this chapter of its history more determined to bring hope....
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posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:57 PM by egsankara
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Editorial
Talk of crowning Jammeh King, arises from the degeneration of our politics
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By Mathew K Jallow, Associate Editor
Moveover King Musa Molloh. Moveover Burr Saloum. Moveover Mansa Musa. There is a new king is town; His Royal Highness, His Excellency, King, Professor, Doctor, Shiek, Alhagi Yahya AJJ Jammeh, conqueror of The Gambia. First, they wanted him to declare a one party state; now they want him crowned King. King of The Gambia that is. No, you are not dreaming. It is happening. We are dealing with Yahya Jammeh here; remember! Nothing is out...
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posted on Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:42 PM by egsankara
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Senegambia News launches radio
Press Release | November 12, 2010
Senegambia News is pleased to inform the general public of the launch of its online radio, http://www.senegambianews.com/radionews.cfm.
We intend to utilise this additional technological advantage to translate newspaper reports on The Gambia and Senegal into local languages in order to reach a wider audience, and to better educate our citizens on the importance of democracy and the ills of dictatorship.
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posted on Saturday, November 13, 2010 2:39 AM by egsankara
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President Jammeh has demonstrated decreasing leadership capacities
afrol News, 11 November - For the second time in a year, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh claims to have revealed a coup plot against him, leading to mass arrests. Observers hold a real coup is "only matter of time" as President Jammeh dreams of a royal title....
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posted on Friday, November 12, 2010 7:09 PM by egsankara
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Britain recruited 372,000 soldiers in their African colonies
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By Baboucarr Sankanu
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Gambians who were drafted by Great Britain to fight the Japanese Imperial Army in Burma are among the group of African veterans of the Second World War being honored at a touring exhibition in Germany.
The exhibition titled,”The Third World in the Second World War,” is currently hosted by the museum on the local Nazi history of the City of Cologne. The exhibition will move to another European city on January 16th 2011.
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posted on Friday, November 12, 2010 11:54 AM by egsankara
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Banjul letter writer says-
“Gambia needs a Toumani Toure to repel Jammeh’s monarchical tendencies”
By Manlafi Mansala, Kairaba Avenue, Banjul
Dear Editor,
Let me start by thanking you for the good work you are doing especially, the qualitative, professional journalistic work and patriotic duty you continue to render and I hope one day, history rewards you for everything. Thank you in advance for giving me space in your reputable newspaper. But please, given my position on the ground, I would like to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, hence my penname, Manlafi Mansala; a name that speaks volumes about my distaste for Jammeh and all his buffoonery.
President Jammeh's Government- classic Rat Race
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posted on Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:49 AM by egsankara
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Editorial
Yolocamba must remove matter from Jammeh, NIA thugs
By Mathew K Jallow, Associate Editor
The ongoing saga that GAMCOTRAP executives, Dr. Isatou Touray and Mrs. Amie Bojang-Sissoho are going through is an unprecedented intrusion into the operations of the NGO community in The Gambia. NGOs as charitable institutions are by definition answerable only to their funding institutions or agencies. Simply put, the accounting practices, fiscal calendar...
Dr. Isatou Touray\
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posted on Monday, November 08, 2010 11:03 PM by egsankara
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Commentary Daily Graphic and The Enlightenment
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong*
It was the German thinker Karl Max who observed that the human mind is linked by invisible thread. Marx could be interpreted in many ways but the sense here is how rapid the Ghanaian enlightenment movement is briskly spreading among Ghanaian elites, both at home and in the Diaspora. They are using it in their various situations to influence change. Part of the reason for such remarkable spread is that people and institutions are convinced of its relevance; it is free spirited and pro bono.
Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, BA, MA, MJ
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posted on Friday, November 05, 2010 3:45 PM by egsankara
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Bombshell
Echo Exclusive
Iranian weapons in Nigeria were Banjul bound
--Original Bill of Lading & photos of Iranian operatives in Banjul reveal Jammeh’s terror web
By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-In-Chief
As Gambians were reeling from the shameful and devastating drug burst amounting to over a billion US dollars in the remote Western regional village of Bonto, hitherto notorious for being home to Radio Gambia’s dilapidated and decrepit telecommunications infrastructure, little did we know that more devastating news was in the offing. While the latest twist takes the discourse to a different level, the ramifications are as complex and dangerous as the raging drug debate and the speculations are almost fever pitch fueling further, a combustible combination of fear, innuendoes as well palpable global predictions as to what exactly is Yahya Jammeh up to and where is The Gambia headed?
 
Iranian spies in Gambia using GG vehicles above
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posted on Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:04 AM by egsankara
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