By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout- Africa Gambia Bureau Chief in Banjul – As the race to the forthcoming presidential election draws closer, Lawyer Assan Martin, a human rights advocate, has warned that the country’s democracy risks collapse unless the opposition parties unite and come together to save it. Martin, who was speaking in an interview with our reporter yesterday, said the lack of a credible opposition in the electoral process might result in a one party state, and mark the collapse of our democracy in the country. He warns that results of a one party state will cause all institutions... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 9th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – Gambian-born Sering Falu Njie, deputy director of policy at the UN Millennium Campaign, has said that political commitment is essential to youth development and attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “The world has the technical know-how to achieve the MDGs. It does not take much to reduce hunger, achieve universal primary education, etc,” he said. A native of Madina Serign Mass in the North Bank Region, Njie was speaking at the just-concluded 9th Annual Youth Assembly held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The three-day event, on the theme: “Committing Youth Leadership to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 8th 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – President Yahya Jammeh has once again called on Gambians to venture into economic activities, to be more innovative and productive by taking full ownership of businesses in all sectors of the Gambian economy, if they want to avoid the frequent skyrocketing of prices of commodities. Jammeh, who was speaking last Thursday at State House, during his annual Ramadan gifts to Gambians through regional governors and mayors, also called on the Muslim Ummah to practise the principle of sharing and caring. The Gambian leader, who distributed a total of over 12,000 bags of sugar, said it is... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 8th 2011 |
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout- Africa Gambia Bureau Chief in Banjul – The Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, has detected 1,897 cases of what it said were people suspected of registering more than once, in the just-concluded voter registration exercise. Mustapha Carayol, chairman of the Commission, told journalists and politicians at a press conference yesterday that thumb prints and facial recognition were used as a means of detecting this. Noting that successful elections are dependent on a clean voter register, Carayol told the press conference meant to give findings of the matching done on the general voters registration exercise, that such unscrupulous acts... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, August 6th 2011 |
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout-Africa Gambian Bureau Chief in Banjul – Gambia’s ambassador to the United States of America, Alieu Ngum, last week signed a financing agreement between the Government of the Gambia and the International Development Association (IDA of the World Bank) for the West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (WARCIP), which officials say will help usher in a major infrastructural revolution in The Gambia, a statement from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs said yesterday. According to the statement, the grant sum of SDR 21.6m (equivalent to US$35 million) is the national component of the US$300 million... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, August 6th 2011 |
