West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Monday that it has slapped sanctions on leaders of Guinea Bissau’s military, who this month staged a coup in Bissau, threatening that it would use force to dislodge them, after talks in Banjul geared towards finding a lasting solution to the crisis in the country failed. “The rejection of the position of the Regional Contact Group means that the imposition of sanctions referred to above had kicked in at midnight on 29th April 2012,” a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting between ECOWAS, junta representatives and other stakeholders at the Kairaba... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com Special Correspondent In Banjul – The seven-member ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau together with stakeholders in Bissau including representatives of the military junta, political parties and others met yesterday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, with a view to finding a lasting solution to the political crisis in the country. Convened by the Gambia government on behalf of the seven-member ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau that consists of Benin, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo, the meeting also looked at the next steps in the resolution of the current crisis in the country... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 30th 2012 |
By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout Africa.com Special Correspondent In Banul, The Gambia – At the end of a two-day visit by the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, the Gambia government and the Commonwealth Secretariat have agreed to cooperate on five areas, key among which is the establishment of the human rights and media commissions. Kamalesh Sharma, who was in Banjul to among others deepen The Gambia’s engagement with the Commonwealth, especially in institutional strengthening, made this revelation yesterday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel where he addressed journalists at a press conference. Below we reproduce the full text of the statement read by... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 25th 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com bureau Chief in Banjul – President Yahya Jammeh has again condemned the idea of homosexuality, stressing in a latest pronouncement that no form of aid would make him to accept or tolerate homosexuality in the country. Jammeh, whose comments came weeks after 19 people including Gambians, a Senegalese and a Nigerian were arrested on suspicion of homosexual acts, and charged with two counts of attempts to commit unnatural offence and conspiracy to commit felony, was speaking Friday during the state opening of parliament. “If you are to give us aid for men and men or for women and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, April 24th 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com Gambia Correspondent – The government of the Gambia has issued a news release condemning in the strongest terms the 12th April military coup in Guinea Bissau. The release informs ECOWAS member states, the African Union, the larger International Community and the people of Guinea Bissau that the Gambia is utterly dismayed by the brutal and forceful seizure of power by elements of the Guinea Bissau military from the democratically instituted and the legitimate government of Guinea Bissau. The release described the coup as a despicable act which it says is becoming a habit in the sister country. It... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 16th 2012 |
