Should ECOWAS reprimand Gambia?

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, center, flanked by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, left, and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, arrives Friday 24 December in Abuja, Nigeria, for an emergency summit on the political crisis in Ivory Coast.

Interference, Sovereignty, etc., etc, have become monotonously bizarre clichés we hear only when our governments face criticism from outsiders for shameless violations of laws they swear to uphold.

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President Goodluck Jonathan’s democratic credential on test

When President Goodluck Jonathan took over the reigns of power in Nigeria last May, following the demise of his predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, he wasted no time to raise the hopes of not only Nigerians but also the rest of the international community who had become wary about the implication of a destabilized Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.

A number of critical but necessary decisions taken by the new president heightened confidence of the imminent democratic path the country was headed.

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Gambian president celebrates 16 yrs of development, as world protests his excesses

Last Thursday marked 16 years since President Yahya Jammeh came to power in a bloodless military coup that ousted one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, independent leader Sir Dawda Jawara.

July 22^nd is now called ‘Freedom Day’ in Gambia.

For supporters of President Jammeh, this is the day he put his life on the line and rescued the country from the brink of failure. Jammeh’s supporters insist he is the solution to Gambia’s problem. And in terms of infrastructural development,

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‘No development for Opposition supporters’

Since I left Gambia some 10 months back I have never come so close to feeling good about President Yahya Jammeh’s government as I did in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 14 July, 2010. But little did I know that this feeling of glee would be short lived.

Such is the routine when you affiliate with Yahya Jammeh. Don’t get me wrong, there are indeed a lot of good attributes about the man, but… Anyway, there is this proverb that goes: ‘Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.’

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