Gambia: Hippos Again! Central River Farmers Lament Latest Invasion

Hippos' rampage is not a new thing in the Central River Region (CRR) with one incident after the other.

It appears that even as steps were recently taken in other parts of the country to address the perpetual threats meted out on farmers and local dwellers such as the case in the Kombo East district of the West Coast Region, farmers in the apparent epicenter of hippos, CRR, continued to endure their ceaseless rampage on their fields and villages.

 It was this situation that led the alkalo of the agrarian community of Jahally village in Lower Fulladu West District of CRR south to march to the office of the governor on Tuesday to lodge a complaint about the recent attacks. -Read more here

Senegal drivers boycott Gambia over currency fight

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) Drivers in southern Senegal have refused to cross into Gambia after Gambian officials began demanding that all fees be paid in West African francs.

 Papiss Toure, president of the drivers collective in the southern city of Ziguinchor, said the boycott of Gambia began Thursday and involved drivers throughout the region.

 Gambia is a tiny sliver of a country that cuts into the middle of Senegal, separating the southern region from the capital, Dakar.

Gambia: Bans Lifted On Two Media, but Much Still to Be Done

Gambia's few independent media are often threatened on the grounds that they pose a danger to state security. Media personnel live in constant fear and censor themselves. Journalists who cause offence may have their passports confiscated to prevent them leaving the country. Others are subjected to judicial persecution.

 The announcement lifting the bans on The Standard and Teranga FM urged them to "operate within the framework of the laws governing the media in this country." But this offers few guarantees as the main media law, already one of the most repressive in Africa, was made even tougher last July. -Read more here

Former political prisoner in Gambia speaks out against Jammeh Dictatorship

Con man Ambassador Kenneth Jackson's alliance with disgraced Gambia embezzler Ansumana Jammeh

Disgraced U.S. con-man and cult leader Kenneth D. Jackson was recently featured in a video that announced the formation of his own Gambian football team the “Ambassador Dr. Jackson Football Club” with Ambassador Ansumana Jammeh of Qatarr.

International Con-man Ambassador Kenneth Jackson’s unholy alliance with disgraced Gambia embezzler Ansumana Jammeh

Disgraced U.S. con-man and cult leader Kenneth D. Jackson was recently featured in a video that announced the formation of his own Gambian football team the “Ambassador Dr. Jackson Football Club” with Ambassador Ansumana Jammeh of Qatarr.

The video appears to show the two men in alliance with each other as bother appear to be comfortable and at ease in the safety of Kenneth D. Jackson’s compound in Gambia.



Ansumana Jammeh has come under heavy internal political fiar in recent months as a result of his abuses of power and presumed betrayal of President Yahya Jammeh by installing callboxes within his affiliate company of Gambian propaganda machine Gamtel.

In a recent letter to Jammeh a warning was sent making it clear that Jammehs angry at the embezzlement and betrayal of Ansumana was nearing a peak and that he should escape the country while he still could.

Yahya Jammeh is known internationally for his extreme paranoia and eagerness to murder and imprison those close to him in both the government and private sectors.

Hailed as a dictator by most of the world and the west Yahya Jammeh is rarely referred to under his official title of President or His Excellency when referred to in the international press.

The question on many Gambian and intelligence officials’ minds alike is “what is the relationship between Kenneth Jackson and this notorious crime family?

Raising further alarms arrest reports have been found in Atlanta, Georgia pertaining to Ansumana Jammehs incarceration less than 100 miles from Kenneth D. Jackson’s SCEI-1BLOOD Headquarters in the United States.

Two records were found for Mr. Jammeh one from 2011 and the latest only 6 short months ago. Both arrests occurred after Kenneth D. Jackson claimed to be starting an operation in the Gambia with Jammeh.

The 2013 arrest included the following charges: Driving without a license, expired tag, unlawful possession display or use of fraudulent Identification documents and giving a false name, address or birthdate to Law Enforcement.

The arrest occurred on Cobb Parkway in Marietta, Georgia.

Ansumana Jammeh represents only one more among a growing list of criminal and terrorist organizations which Kenneth D. Jackson and his religious cult SCEI-1BLOOD International continue to affiliate with openly.

The video was published by SCEI-1BLOOD cult member Iyel Bey, although no author has claimed credit for the propaganda video.

Is the Gambia Football Association the next target of con-man Ambassador Jackson?

Disgraced U.S. con-man and cult leader Kenneth D. Jackson was recently featured in a video that announced the formation of his own Gambian football team the "Ambassador Dr. Jackson Football Club" with Ambassador Ansumana Jammeh of Qatarr.