Bombshell 

Echo Special

President Jammeh builds $2.5M mansion in Guinea

—Cocaine processing allegations abound

By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-in-Chief

Consistent with The Gambia Echo’s relentless efforts in exposing the utterly criminal character of Gambia’s kleptocratic leader, Yahya Jammeh, today, we report with incontrovertible evidence that for the past four years, this self-proclaimed redeemer and anti-corruption crusader has been busy building a $2.5 million mansion in the West African state of Guinea while the majority of his people continue to live in abject poverty, malnutrition, decay and depravity.

The facade of  President Jammeh's imposing edifice in Madina, Guinea Conakry

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Miami Gambians praised for remarkable Labor Day retreat

By special correspondent, Ablie Njie in Miami.

On behalf of Gambians who came from Sweden, London and other parts of the U.S and spent the lovely weekend in Miami, we thank you for your exemplary hospitality.  To say that the Gambians in Miami deserve a big A-Plus is an understatement despite the inevitable three-year moratorium due to recent Ramadan observance since 2008.

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Bombshell

Wikileaks on Gambia

 --How the USA sees Jammeh, Darboe, Bah and Sallah  

Viewing cable 06 BANJUL548, GAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- CANDIDATE PROFILES: BANJUL 00000548 001.2 OF 003

Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES C.P. ALSUP, REASON 1.4 (b and d)

¶1. (U) The Gambian Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has  accepted the nominations of three candidates to contest the September 22 Gambian presidential election.  As expected the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has nominated incumbent president Yahya Jammeh to stand as its candidate.  Prominent attorney Ousainou Darboe is the nominee of the alliance between the United Democratic

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Analysis

UK letter writer cautions Gambia’s fragmented opposition

Adrift in the political waters:

The crushing humiliation                                                          awaiting a fragmented opposition on November 24        

“The lesson is clear, we cannot fight in isolation”

—Dr Fox, The Gambia Echo

In just over two months, The Gambia elects a Chief Executive for a fresh five year term. If the country’s opposition leaders continue their current conduct in refusing even to engage each other in purposeful talks, much less agree the architecture of a united

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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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