Gambia: Oppressive Laws Remain Despite President’s Promises
Photo: Amnesty International Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws curtailing…
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Red Line: Why Ugandans Won’t Let Dictator Museveni Lift Constitutional Age-Limit
Gen. Museveni. Uganda’s land-grabber-in-chief in the familiar pose of tyrants. [Comment] There is no doubt about it, the freedom struggles…
Fate Of Gambia’s Jammeh Unknown; Official State House Website Now Shows “President Barrow”
President Barrow. Photo: State House, Gambia website The fate of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, who first conceded presidential election defeat…
Gambia Countdown: Democracy’s Challenges and Gains in Africa
Jammeh–still in his own universe Africa begins the new year with some of the perennial political challenges that need urgent…
PROBE SOUGHT FOR GAMBIAN ACTIVIST FOUND DEAD IN JAIL
June 27, 2016 (GIN) – A leading opposition figure in the Gambia has been found dead in a jail cell…
Sanctions — Obama Boots South Sudan And The Gambia from AGOA List; Adds Guinea-Bissau
Man with the hat, South Sudan’s Kiir — his country booted from AGOA beneficiaries list President Barack Obama used his…
AFRICAN WRITERS RIP U.S. SUMMIT, ASKING ‘FOR WHOSE BENEFIT?’
Aug. 11 (GIN) – Charles Onyango-Obbo of The East African, a Kenyan daily, joined a growing number of writers and…