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Torture in Gambia, “Militocracy” in Africa, Press Freedom and Dirty Water and Gold
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>We begin this week's West African blogs round-up with a post in a Gambian blog, Home of the mandinmories , about a Gambian soldier being “Coerced, and tortured” over an alleged coup plot:
Browsing through the Point today, a story on the court martial... more
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Gambia: remembering slain journalist
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Home of the Mandinmories remembers the slain Gambian journalist , Deyda Hydra, “I don't know Deyda Hydara, never met him, but will forever respect him. He paid the ultimate price for something he believed in.” ... more
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Bloggers in West Africa, harsh migration, low bandwidth and Who Killed Deyda?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>We get to know more about two bloggers in West Africa this week. Keith Smith in Burkina Faso shares his photos, and George Ngwane in Cameroon re-publishes an interview with a local newsmagazine.
Blogger, Keith Smith, has been a missionary in Burkina Faso since 1989 and has been blogging... more
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West Africa: What is NOSPETCO?, Aid Does Not Work, Dogon Architecture and Tourism As A Therapy
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>As we delve into the West African blogosphere this week, our first stop is Nigeria. One issue that is attracting so much attention among Nigerians bloggers is NOSPETCO. What is NOSPETCO?
According to the Nigerian blogger Deolu Akinyemi ,
If you have never... more
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Gambia: solar-powered internet shops
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Sociolingo writes about solar powered internet shops in Gambia , “These multi-services shops, which are wireless and solar-powered, provide an affordable range of services for those at the lower end of the economic ladder.” ... more
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Gambia: The Healer President
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Blog Politique du Sénégal isn't sure (Fr) whether to laugh or cry about Gambian President Yahia Jammeh's new healer functions : “[He] has taken up a career as a marabout healer. And he is coming into some success. Commercial, that is because I can't put my hand... more
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Gambia: President claims to have found cure for AIDS
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Ask This Blackwoman comments on the report that P
http://askthisblackwoman.com/2007/03/16/false-hope-in-gambia.aspx”>resident Yahya Jammeh of Gambia claims to have found a cure for AIDS , “President Yahya Jammeh has no formal medical training and yet Gambians sick with HIV and AIDS are consuming the herbal drink and claiming that it works.” ... more
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Gambia: condemning the celebration of 1994 coup d'etat
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> Ginny publishes a statement by the Gambia United Democratic Party (New York Branch) regarding celebration of the 1994 coup d'etat: “Gambian People, the international Community and all Democratic and Human Rights Organizations worldwide are here by call upon to condemn in the strongest terms the (APRC) Government for... more
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Gambia: The religion of sycophancy
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>A Gambia Professor, Ba Banutu Gomez, leaves the US and returns to Gambia, but… : “What gets under my skin though is the tendency of African intellectuals returning home and all of a sudden converting to the religion of sycophancy to fit in the system.” ... more
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Gambia: Gambian Hip Hop
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p> The global reach of Hip Hop phenomenon : “This is Gambian hip-hop artist Dr Olugander, one of the opening acts of the 2nd International Sable Litfest in Bakau last month.” ... more
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Gambia: Islamic revival among Diaspora Gambians
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Ginny's reaction to an article about Islamic revival among Diaspora Gambians : “And the insinuation was somehow made that Gambians were not religious before, and now, all of a sudden, they are starting to be. And of course, the words “terrorism” and “jihaidst” were thrown in for good measure.”... more
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Morocco: Illegal Immigrants Sent Home
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Morocco, under pressure from Europe to crack down on illegal migration, has begun repatriating 345 Senegalese and Gambians it caught trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands, reports Moroccan blogger Saad . ... more
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GPA Boss Awarded
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
uhammed Lamin B. Gibba, Managing Director of The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) has been selected as an honored member of the WHO's WHO International Historical Society for the year ... more
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NYSC Top Brass Visits
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
group of high ranking officials from the National Youth Service Corps of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, yesterday arrived in the country as guests of the National Youth Service Scheme of The Gambia. The team, led by Brig. General Yusuf Bomoi, director general of the Nigerian NYSC, were received... more
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Gambia River Basin States Meet on Energy Needs
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
nergy need has topped the agenda of the five-day meeting of the experts of OMVG (Gambia River Basin Development Organisation) countries, which kicked off on Monday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, ... more
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General Tamba to Command Gallant Farming Soldiers?
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
esterday's story and pictures about members of the Gambia Armed Forces thoroughly cleaning up an area of Bakau set a fantastic example for us all in this our little ... more
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SoS Jammeh, Nawec MD Jallow inspect Fajikunda Health Centre
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
usman Jammeh, the secretary of state for Petroleum and Energy, accompanied by Momodou Jallow, the managing director of NAWEC and other senior staff of NAWEC, yesterday visited the Fajikunda Health Centre, following a scary electricity sparks on Sunday night, which sent patients and staff out of the ... more
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D50,000 for JFP Hospital
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
he Blue Sea-line Shipping Company in Kaolack, Senegal, yesterday presented a cheque for D50,000 to the Jammeh Foundation for Peace (JFP) Hospital in Bundung, Serrekunda, at a presentation ceremony held at the hospital ... more
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Babylon - New Charges?
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 29, 2008
he Babylon case has been adjourned to June 17 and 18, following an application by the state counsel, Emmanual Fagbenle, the director of Public Prosecution, for more time to revisit the charges against the accused ... more
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RoP: Gambian Barbarian-in-Chief Calls for Summary Beheading of All Gays
Topix - Thursday, May 29, 2008
p>Categories RoP: Gambian Barbarian-in-Chief Calls for Summary Beheading of All Gays Posted without much comment : Gay rights activists have condemned Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's threat to behead ... ... more
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