By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – In what appears as a big setback to the efforts by the opposition camp in the country to form a united front ahead of forthcoming presidential elections in November, Hamat Bah, leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party, has stressed that his party will not subscribe to a United Democratic Party (UDP)-led alliance or a PDOIS proposed candidate. Bah, who threw his weight behind a UDP-led alliance in the 2006 elections, after having lost to incumbent President Yahya Jammeh on two occasions (in 1996 and 2001), made this pronouncement in an interview with this reporter... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 20th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – The Banjul Magistrates’ Court yesterday convicted and sentenced Lawyer Mosses B. Johnson Richards to two years in prison with hard labour for the offence of sedition. Richards, a former High Court judge, was also sentenced to six months in prison with hard labour for the offence of giving false information to a public officer. Both sentences are to run concurrently. Delivering his judgment, Magistrate Alagba told the court that the accused person was arraigned before the court for the offence of giving false information and for sedition. He added that Richards denied the charges when... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 20th 2011 |
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout Africa Bureau Chief in Gambian Capital Banjul reporting – Following reports in 2008 about a pre-tax loss of D84 million registered by the Gambia International Airlines under the management of GS Aviation, a European airline operator, the question as to the status of the missing millions or losses incurred by the Gambia International Airlines from June to 31st December 2007 under GS Aviation engages the minds of many people each passing day. According to Dr Njogu Bah, minister of Works, Construction and Infrastructure, this question is the subject of the 2010 Public Accounts Committee/Public Enterprises Committee conclusion... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 14th 2011 |
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout Africa Bureau Chief in Gambian Capital Banjul reporting – The President of the Gambia Bar Association, Sheriff Tambedou, has opined that the rule of law may be an instrument of stability, an atmosphere which is a condition precedent for any development. “The law and its rule is an instrument fashioned by society for the purpose of achieving harmonious adjustment of human relations by eliminating social tensions and conflicts. It must thus assume a dynamic role in the process of transformation of our community,” Tambedou said recently while presenting a paper at a day-long forum on... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 14th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – The Government of the Gambia has denied allegations by Guinean President Alpha Conde that it was aware of the actions leading to the attack and destruction of his private residence in Conakry, stressing that it would not take lightly accusations of this kind. In an interview with private Senegalese radio broadcaster Sud FM on Sunday, Guinean President Alpha Conde said he “believes the governments of Senegal and Gambia were complicit in a failed attempt to assassinate him in July.” A statement issued in Banjul by the ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Relations and Gambians Abroad... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 13th 2011 |
