Former Petroleum Officials And Others granted Bail
By Alhagie Jobe
Justice Ottaba has granted bail to the remanded Ministry of Petroleum Officials, board members and two civil servants from the office of the president. The...
Former Secretary General Arrested And Detained For Not Attending Dictator Jammeh’s July 22 Celebrations
Credible sources have informed The Fatu Network that former Secretary General, head of the civil service and Presidential Affairs Minister, Sulayman Samba is currently detained at The...
PPP Condemns Harsh Sentences Meted Out To Opposition Leader Ousainou Darboe And CO
PPP Press Statement, July 23, 2016
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) statement on July 20 and 21 sentencing of innocent civilians.
Press Release!
What happened in the Gambia on July...
THE ALLOCUTUS OPPOSITION LEADER OUSAINOU DARBOE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE UPON CONVICTION
Below we produce the allocutus The leader of the biggest opposition party, Ousainou Darboe was not allowed to make upon conviction. Darboe and seventeen others are all...
New Gambia 2016 Movement Launched In Dakar
The fundamental principles of democracy have long been so weak in governing of The Gambia for over the past two decades. If the world is yet unaware...
“United States Condemns Harsh Sentences and Calls for Unconditional Release of Prisoners”
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT BY JOHN KIRBY, SPOKESPERSON
July 22, 2016
United States Condemns Harsh Sentences and Calls for Unconditional Release of Prisoners
The United States condemns the harsh sentences handed...
The self-reflection Gambian service men need
Let me put it bluntly. To acknowledge the grim facts that there is much to dislike about the actions of those small unrepresented elements serving the country...
Dark clouds over Gambia: April 14 protesters sentenced to 3 years in prison
By Alhagie Jobe
A group of opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) members arrested with murdered Solo Sandeng on April 14th have been convicted and each sentenced to serve...
Opposition leader Ousainou Darboe and members of his executive held at the maximum security...
By Alhagie Jobe
Jailed Gambian opposition leader Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and 17 others who were convicted and sentenced to three years in jail on...
Gambia: Prison sentences for opposition leaders continues downward spiral for human rights
By Amnesty International
The conviction of opposition leader Ousainou Darboe and 18 other peaceful protestors highlights the continuing downward spiral for human rights in Gambia, Amnesty International said...
My Challenge to the UDP Deputies
Muhammad Ali once said “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in the world they have been...
Conviction of Darboe and Co is an Assault on National Sovereignty
Mr. President, in your meeting with the elders of Banjul and religious leaders on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, you implored them to tell you the truth of...
Why is Yaya Jammeh always seeking self-recognition through violence
As this conviction of UDP party executives whom were merely asking the return of the death body of their colleague —Solo Sandeng and the gruesome violence against...
‘Fanta Jawara convicted for not defending herself’
by Alhagie Jobe
Dictator Yahya Jammeh’s hired mercenary judge at the Special Criminal Court has indicated in her judgment in the United Democratic Party members case that US...
Press statement: UDP’s REACTION TO THE POLITICAL VERDICT IN THE COURT
We condemn the predictable and utterly unjust judgement delivered by justice Dada in Banjul today July 20 at the behest and dictation of Yahya JAMMEH the presiding...
Opposition leader Ousainou Darboe & members of his executive jailed for 3 years
By Alhagie Jobe
A judge at the Special Criminal Court in The Gambia today, July 20, sentenced the country’s leading opposition leader Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic...
UDP urges party militants to expect the worse from mercenary judge over Darboe and...
Press Statement By The United Democratic Party (UDP) On The Impending Judgement In The Political Trial Of The UDP Leader and His Senior Executives
In the next few...
Can Jammeh Rig this Elections?
Another interesting topic of debate on Gambian political issues is the possibility of Jammeh rigging the Dec elections with some people going as far as to claim...
28 Gov’t officials granted bail, asked to surrender travel documents
Information reaching this network has confirmed that the 28 senior government officials dismissed, arrested and detained including permanent secretaries, deputy permanent secretaries and directors accused by state...
Dictator Yahya Jammeh absent from AU Summit in Rwanda
By Alhagie Jobe
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is absent from attending the ongoing 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Heads of State and Governments Summit at the...