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Nyachae’s retirement leaves Ford-P destitute

Former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae has resigned as Ford-People leader, effectively quitting active politics. And his exit puts the survival of Ford-People in serious doubt given the stringent requirements of the new Political Parties’ Act.

Towards food independence

President Jammeh’s back to the land call has received a massive response. Over the past days, we have seen people, from all walks of life, professional men and women of all ages, going to Kanilai in order to participate in the exercise. The common determination they’ve shown constitutes a clear indication that Gambians are not only ready to tackle the global food crisis that has hit most of the underdeveloped countries, but also to contribute to the country’s food independence. What we need...

Day of the African child UNICEF & Young PM set the pace

UNICEF Gambia, in collaboration with members of the dynamic Young People in the Media, the Gambia, recently organized a symposium in commemoration of the Day of the African Child. According to report from the organizers, this year’s team was: Child Survival and the occasion was held at Nusrat Senior Secondary School, situated in Bundung. The president of YPM, Mr Abdou Jatta, delved into the significance of the day which he said was observed by many countries around the African continent. Mr...

mandatory community service imposed on Guinean

Magistrate Ayoub John Njie of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday convicted and ordered one Ousman Trawally, a Guinean, to do a forty hours mandatory community service at Tujereng Police station. Mr Ousman Trawally was found guilty by the court for stealing a nokia mobile phone valued D2500 from one Mariama Jallow in Tanji Village, Kombo South. In his mitigation, Mr Trawally begged the court for mercy. Handing down his verdit, presiding Magistrate Njie told him that he was “lucky” that...

The need for liquidation of justice

Editor, Please Mr Editor kindly allow me to comment on the above caption in your widely read medium of communication.  As a social commentator and erudite writer, I have seen the need for speedy liquidation of justice and imperialism in our midst. It is not possible for any meaningful and sustainable human development to place in the presence of the unjustifiable injustice and imperialism in the world. Man as a human being has to be free of all sort of unhealthy virtues in the interest of...

SUDAN: Darfur food rations cut, Ban decries rising insecurity

Banditry in Darfurhas prevented the delivery of sufficient food stocks to the western Sudaneseregion, thereby forcing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce monthlyrations, the agency said. The rations, which benefited 2.4 million people inMarch, will be halved per person per day from May, WFP spokesman Peter Smerdonsaid on 17 April. So far this year, 60 WFP-contracted trucks have beenhijacked in Darfur, of which 39 are stillmissing. Twenty six drivers remain unaccounted for, while one...

SUDAN: Attacks on drivers affecting food deliveries

Recent attacks on trucks contracted bythe UN World Food Programme (WFP) to transport food to Darfur and SouthernSudan have slowed down deliveries and affected the UN agency's ability tosupport returnees, the agency warned. "Because of truck hijackings, we are moving abouthalf the amount of food that we should be moving into Darfur to pre-positionahead of the rainy season," Peter Smerdon, WFP spokesman in Nairobi, toldIRIN. "If this continues in the South we might start having the sameproblem." ...

GLOBAL: Differing views on a “new deal” to counter soaring food prices for the poor

With soaring food prices expected to continue for the foreseeable future, the World Bank is calling for a “new deal” of long-term measures, ranging from increased investment in African agriculture to genetically engineering fuel-producing plants. Aid organisations are already confronting growing financial shortfalls in their struggle to feed the world’s hungry as food prices have exploded over the past six months, propelled by increased demand from newly prosperous Asian countries like China,...

SOUTH AFRICA: Rights body to probe mines over alleged abuse

Alleged human rights abuses by Anglo Platinum (AP), the worlds leading producer of platinum, could spark investigations through-out South Africa’s mining industry. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said it would probe accusations by international rights watchdog, ActionAid, of forced resettlement and contamination of water supplies in communities surrounding AP’s Limpopo province mines in the north of the country. "Some of the poorest people on earth are paying a heavy price...