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Published 01/09/2010 - 4:11 a.m. GMT

Mathew K. Jallow, Associate Editor, The Gambia Echo
Mathew K. Jallow, author. Would this be a masterpiece?

I am the child of a random encounter. I am the product of a chance meeting, between a young attractive Tamaru drummer, and a beautiful divorcee, who carried herself with uncommon grace and stealth. But, I did not know it yet. Not until I became a teenager beginning to

Rating: 17
Published 12/16/2009 - 5:45 a.m. GMT

Deyda Hydara murdered in December, 2004
Deyda Hydara murdered in December, 2004 (Photo: The point Newspaper)

December 16th, 2009, marks five solid years since so far ‘unidentified’ gunmen stalked my former boss, Deyda Hydara, on a dark and lonely street of Kanifing, and rained three bullets into his skull before taking

Published 12/10/2009 - 10:30 p.m. GMT

President Yahya Jammeh bent on silencing independent media
Gambia's brutal dictator, Yahya Jammeh

In the run up to the 2006 election I visited some remarkable Gambians in the Nashville area. My hosts wanted to discuss how they as a family could help in the struggle for democracy in general and in particular the then approaching presidential elections.They had a simple but

Rating: 15
 
Published 11/22/2009 - 2:31 p.m. GMT

US Special Forces in operation
US Special Forces in operation (Photo: roleplaygate.com)

During the Week of November 22nd, the US Senate Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on Africa held crucial hearings regarding US

Published 11/20/2009 - 5:54 p.m. GMT

Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh
Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh (Photo: Public Property)

The appointment of Nigerian prosecutors Akomaye Agim as Chief Justice, Wowo and Emmanuel Fagbenle as High Court Judges constitutes a pernicious regression to the administration of justice in

 
Published 09/29/2009 - 5:43 a.m. GMT

Camara has justified the coup as a 'civic act' [AFP]
Camara has justified the coup as a 'civic act' [AFP] (Photo: Al Jazeera and agencies )

Sadly, once again it appears that West Africa is home to political acts of violence. Once again this year it just happens to be Guinea.