My President going beyound repairs??

Has President Jammeh really called the Opposition DOGs ? President Sall be
warned! -

By Fakebba J Samateh




With the Senegalese presidential elections over and the Gambian parliamentary elections slated for Thursday 29th
March, What next is the major question many are asking? I feel the answer should come from whoever has a different
view from what is being written and said so far or probably even if similar but broader.

As a young man heading to my thirties, I foresee a Gambia heading towards disaster with a Head of State getting
paranoid day by day. His recent remarks calling the opposition and independents dogs is a statement too far but not
surprising at all. Yahya Jammeh hates Gambians who differ with his opinion and that should not be any out of the blue
statement for anyone who has been following this man from afar with a close look. Now ask yourselves, how has a man
who calls himself a champion standing up for the Blackman in general against what he Yahya Jammeh called imperialist
meddling into African affairs, calling the people he is believed to serve as dogs. For him calling those he rule as dogs is
way way beyond comprehension but not imaginations. But my wise old granddad, if alive today would ask what I am
about to ask which is how, has Yahya Jammeh become ruler of dogs? Can he speak the dog language? Because I am
sure Yahya Jammeh knew more than I do that out of those over one hundred thousand Gambian voters who rejected
him at past elections, there must be some soldiers, police, custom officials who work with him and some very closely.
Now how can he communicate with dog police, dog soldiers, dog custom officials and dog doctors? He must surely be
able to speak the same language. I do not think opposition need to be angry with comments like such from a man who
cries out loud to have been the president of the entire Gambia .

I sometimes laugh when I see Gambians scrambling over biscuits while this animal of a man laughs
throwing more. We are all equally responsible for whatever language Yahya Jammeh uses against us today
for we made him what he is and most of us are still ready to make him ever more super human. What more do
we expect for us Gambians to realise that very soon if you are opposing Yahya Jammeh, you would not get medical
attention in the Gambia? Has every Gambian gone blind that we have made once a quiet man into a shark? We have
not yet seen the whole Yahya Jammeh and by the time he is ready, Gambians would one by one be asking themselves
hey wait on! Where is our Gambia ?

Now my advice goes to President Elect of the republic of Senegal H.E. Macky Sall
I read that the Senegalese president elect H.E. Macky Sall is expected to make his first official trip to the Gambia and
Guinea Bissau according to the Gambian pro Government Daily Observer News Paper dated on 28th march 2012. But I
belief as a young man observing my President whom I think is going beyond repairs, I have a word of caution for H.E
President Macky Sall.

Please if you want to be remembered in Senegalese history as a successful President and gain respect just like two of
your former predecessors (Sadat Senghor and Abdu Joof), then keep ten thousand feet away from Yahya Jammeh. You
might have more political, ethical, moral and even academic credentilas, know far more than I do for I am a very young
man probably like a son to you Your Excellency Macky Sall, I know Yahya Jammeh more than you just likewise. This if
you deny then you are in denial of the truth. That’s my advice Sir and I wish you all the luck in finding a solution to your
nation’s southern region crisis. Casamance is close to where I come from in the Gambia and therefore peace there is
safer for me and more profitable to my people and the people of your nation’s part of that region for we are so
interrelated there that this mad war has affected us both more than even you Mr President.

I know Yahya Jammeh came to power when this problem of Casamance was already there but he has escalated it by
siding with one of the criminal Salif Sarjo who is also a factional rebel leader based in his hometown of Kanilai. If Yahya
Jammeh is interested in resolving the Casamance crisis, President Macky, you would have met it resolved and would
have no need to make it a campaign pledge. Your predecessor Abdoulaye Wade made the same mistake like you are
about to make thinking that Yahya Jammeh is part of the solution but he has tried and failed and still your soldiers are
dying in Casamance. Ask your top military commanders in the region and they would tell you what you need to do sir. A
word of caution is enough for the wise. I salute you Monsieur le President.

Now on the Gambian front, our political land scape is heading for the worst when even the IEC seems to become clearer
to all that it is an arm of the APRC Machine. Our IEC Chairman said to journalist the he had got his employment letter
from the president and he is to serve until 2018. Waau! Indeed an appointment letter. In my view that letter was a thank
you letter not an appointment letter.

Justice at Last! Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga convicted of war crimes as International Criminal Court hands down first-ever verdict

The international war crimes court at The Hague found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty on Wednesday in its first ever ruling after a decade of work limited largely to Africa while major cases elsewhere remain beyond its reach.

Governments and rights groups level war crimes accusations at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for cracking down on protesters. But the International Criminal Court (ICC) cannot act because of deadlock among world powers at the United Nations Security Council, the only body that could order a prosecution.

But what message does this verdict sends to African war lords and even rulers who kill their people with impunity? Maybe not much changes as some African leaders do think it would take time if not almost impossible for the international community to come after them much more face charges at the tribunal.

What remains to be seen is these crimes would never go unpunished, and either by people or God, all crimes against humanity would one day be punished for their crimes.

Mr. Lubanga who is 51, will be sentenced later. He was found guilty of recruiting and deploying child soldiers during a five-year conflict until 2003. An estimated 60,000 people were killed in the violence, part of much wider bloodshed in central Africa.
Crimes against humanity committed by leaders against their own people sometimes goes political and world leaders instead of serving the oppresses people, tend to follow their individual national interest by either vetoing or using their influence to stop proceedings against criminals leading people.

“It’s not the fault of the ICC,” said Brody, who established a reputation as a scourge of dictators during efforts to bring Chile’s Augusto Pinochet to trial. “It’s the fault of the Security Council and of the world order … the international justice system does not operate in a vacuum.”

While welcoming the verdict against Lubanga, which may help set a precedent for other cases involving the recruitment of child soldiers, he added: “Those countries with political power and their allies have been shielded from the court.”

Among those accused by the court is Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has dismissed his 2009 indictment as a Western conspiracy and has both continued in office unhindered and been able on occasion to travel to sympathetic countries.



I hope this monster would never hurt anybody every again.


CHILD SOLDIERS

At The Hague on Wednesday, ICC Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford said in reading the court’s historic first judgment: “The chamber concludes that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 years.”

Thomas Lubanga “was essential to a common plan to conscript and enlist girls and boys below the age of 15,” Fulford said.

This one is a victory for the victims and I hope others would get their fair share soon.

What in God’s Name had happened to Jammeh’s Bank of Allah and why had the Gambia been so tight noosed round the neck with so much Depth?

By Bamba Mass (Human Right Activist UK)

I think the world economic super power dream of our Leader is like building castles in the air! Because:



As the Gambia’s outstanding domestic debt stands at 9.4 billion Dalasi while our external debt went up to 11,310 million dalasi which is around 377million dollars. Where has all that money gone into? Invested with building schools, hospitals, roads etc.? Definitely not!

Abdu Colley the Central Bank Governor during the press briefing of the Monetary Policy Committee stated that, “It is common for people and micro credit institutions to be advised to invest in treasury bills.”

But what he did not tell Gambians is that the issuing of treasury bills is a way the Government mops up monies available for savings by corporations and individuals which they utilises as domestic credit to be able to meet the nation budget deficits.

Gambia today is in so much depth that even our great grandchildren would not be able to repay due to Yahya Jammeh’s government’s lavish wasting of state resources. With billions of dollars drained by our money throwing president who brain drained Gambians into thinking he gets his money from Allah’s Bank, while other supporters lie about him being in possession of late Mobutu’s wealth, Gaddafi’s hidden treasures or even Liberia/Sierra Leone Blood Diamond sales.

I kept wondering is Yahya Jammeh more close to Allah than the Holy Prophets, Sahibs or even the Pope or Imam of Mecca/Medina? Anyone asked such questions, even his own mother, would without hesitations answer No! Then how comes Allah would open a Bank for Yahya and not for his closest servants and own chosen prophets? It is ridiculous, stupid and blasphemous to insult God in such ways much more even think about it.

Mobutu’s wealth cannot be stored in a tiny state like the Gambia and yet the DRC government looks while Gambians enjoy such wealth even if Mobutu’s own son were in power. It is a sick idea and so foolish for our people to belief such myths even exist.

Gaddafi likewise or even the Liberia Sierra Leone wealth. All the above nations are more powerful both financial, military and every capability wise and there is no doubt with even a flick of a finger, they can crush the Gambia within seconds. How can they sit by as we enjoy their wealth while their people starve when they’ve not loan or given us such money for free?

It is an idea the Jammeh machinery uses to fool Gambians. But we all knew even those dictators’ hidden wealth across powerful nations like America and Europe have been frozen and given back to their people after their fall so why would a tiny poor country like the Gambia retain such huge wealth? It is only a hugely solid Myth because everyone knows Gambians belief so in rumours much more than God himself.
But the facts are:

(1) The Jammeh government borrowed 82.2 Million dollars or 2,466 million dalasi Islamic Development Bank which amounts to 21.8 percent of our total debt, while 66.0 Million dollars or D1, 960 Million Dalasi. Was owed to the International Development Association (World Bank)

(2) African Development Fund is owed 50.6 Million dollars or 1680 Million Dalasi, while we owed Republic of China (Taiwan) is owed 41.4 Million dollars .

(3) Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa is owed 39.4 Million dollars while the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development is owed 26.8 Million dollars.

(4) OPEC Fund for International Development is owed 25.7 Million dollars while Jammeh’s government also borrowed the Import Bank of India 15.1 Million dollars.

(5) ADB/Nigerian Trust Fund is owed 11.1 Million dollars; our government owed the Saudi Fund for Development 10.4 Million dollars.

(6) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is owed 4.0 Million dollars and the same for the International Fund for Agricultural Development whom we owed 3.7 Million dollars.

(8) While we owed Erste Bank (Giro Credit) 1.0 Million dollars, we have also borrowed European Investment Bank 0.4 Million dollars

(9) ECOWAS Fund for international Development borrowed 0.2 Million dollars with the Government of Belgium borrowing us 0.1 Million dollars.

All these borrowed monies when added would amount to 378.1 million Dollars which would go up to about 11, 532.05 million Dalasi.

The Jammeh government was able to generate about 181.1 million dollars on revenues with 163.4 million dollars on expenditures in 2007.

The question everyone should ask is where is the rest of the money pus what we borrowed? Thrown away in Eddy Murphy style welcome to America where king throws flowers or was it part of what was always given to Senegalese and Malian griots who sing praise of the professor?

No wonder when Jammeh fires a Jola from any key money generating position,, he replaces him/her with another Jola so as not to uproot any dubious deal done therein..

Central Bank Governor Abdu Colley who took over from Nfamara Jatta went on to suggest that:
The Dalasi, though broadly stable, depreciated against all the major Currencies and as at end-December 2011, the Dalasi weakened against the US Dollar by 7.7 percent, the Pound Sterling by 6.9 percent) and the Euro by 8.8 percent from December 2010
The domestic debt increased to D8.7 billion (40.8 percent of GDP) in 2010, or 18.9 percent from 2009. Treasury bills, accounting for 67.9 percent of domestic debt, increased to D5.9 billion, or 13.9

With all these truth on the surface, our Governor went on to say that “According to key financial soundness indicators, the banking sector remains sound.”

How?

He indicated that the average capital adequacy ratio decreased slightly to 25.4 percent in 2011 from 25.9 percent in 2010 which by all indication was just 0.05 percent decrease. Again surprisingly he went on to even state that the adequacy ratio was significantly higher than the minimum requirement of 10 percent. Total assets increased to D18.7 billion (64.0 percent of GDP), or 5.3 percent from 2010.
Then what happened when our gross loans and advances, accounting for 29.2 percent of total assets went up to D5.45 billion (18.7 percent of GDP), or 3.1 percent? While the non-performing loans ratio decreased to 12.9 percent, lower than the 14.5 percent in 2010. The yield on all the maturities declined in 2011. The yield on the 91-day, 182-day and 364-day bills declined to 8.07 percent, 10.18 percent and 11.85 percent from 10.10 percent, 10.53 percent and 13.09 percent respectively. Consumer price inflation, measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), decelerated to 4.4 percent in December 2011, lower than the 5.8 percent in December 2010. Average inflation (12-month moving average) also declined, albeit slightly to 4.8 percent from 5.0 percent in December 2010. Food price inflation decreased to 5.7 percent, lower than the 8.3 percent in December 2010. Non-food prices, on the other hand, rose to 2.5 percent from 1.9 percent in December 2010.

SOURCE: http://www.cbg.gm/news/pdf/PRESS%20RELEASE%20JANUARY%202012.pdf
http://www.cbg.gm/news/pdf/Modernization%20of%20the%20Gambia%20Payments%20System.pdf

With these facts at hand, How can any Gambian be fooled that our all kind hearted Leaders could dash money so lavishly from their own hard earned wealth? How can someone give money he/she does not have? Splashing money to griots, footballers, people or even bystanders and everybody, would require quite trillions in one’s account and even if it comes from what some claimed i.e. Mobutu, etc., it would with time reduce.

One thing is certain, either the Gambia had hidden treasures, or those at the top control all businesses or we sell drugs. Because without such and bearing in mind our meagre resource in terms of state produce, our dear nation cannot survive 18 years of money splashing to any foreign griots or the like.

The Jammeh government need to be honest to the Gambian people by declaring their assets starting from the president himself plus the source of his wealth as other government and civil servants are forced to do. In that they would be seen to be doing the right thing.

If not, with time, the truth would surface and some people would wish they had done what is required of patriotic citizens.

Gambia would be continuously blesses with talents to dig for the truth.
God would never forsake his people in the Gambia!

Is wade about to be given a huge knock on his bald head by the Senegalese?

Is wade about to be given a huge knock on his bald head by the Senegalese?



Senegal’s President Maître Abdoulaye Wade is set to be given a huge knock on his bald head by his people after his controversial bid to run for the country’s top job for a third term which his opponents accused him was a violation of the nation’s constitution. But it looks like despite huge violence that had taken place before and after the first round of the elections, Senegal is once again set to put the records straight being determined to remain a viable democracy. Wade’s main challengers used to all work for him in fact one of those who led him to the presidency in a coalition against the then president Abdu Joof, Mustapha Niasse who Wade dismissed as prime minister barely a year after becoming president is set to endorse another heavy weight opponent of Wade opposition candidate Macky Sall who forced Wade into a second round of voting after pulling 26.5% of the votes against Wade’s 34.8 which is a very humiliating blow for the president his lowest since becoming president 12 years ago. Sall also won a major boost in his bid to oust President Abdoulaye Wade in a run-off vote, after securing the endorsement some major opponents of Wade most of whom stood against Wade to unseat him in the just concluded first round. One of these is no other than Mustapha Niasse who came third just like in 2000 when he and Wade challenged Joof.
Sall has also won the influential support of home grown music icon Youssou Ndour in his bid to thwart the sit-tight leader. Ndour was banned from contesting the election after the constitutional court barred him saying he has not acquired the correct number of votes or most of those who endorsed him had no valid cards a charged Ndour denied accusing Wade of fearing him as an opponent.
"The change is already there, now it is just a matter of putting it into action," Ndour told journalists after meeting with Sall.
The West African nation's main opposition movement has also called on its supporters and other failed candidates to rally behind Sall, who will challenge the 85-year-old Wade in the second round election on March 18 or 25.
"We are joining hands in order to take the lead... We are not far from that goal," Mustapha Niasse said after meeting Sall on Thursday, local media reported Friday.
"Change is inevitable," added Niasse, who came third in the first round vote on February 26 and like Sall is a former prime minister.
Wade is bidding for a controversial third term in office in a move that has triggered weeks of sometimes deadly protests in Senegal, a country usually regarded as a beacon of democracy in west Africa.
Wade, who has been in power for 12 years, garnered 34.8 percent of the vote in the first round, but fell humiliatingly short of the majority needed to avoid a run-off.
His 50-year-old rival Sall won 26.5 percent of the vote while Niasse trailed with 13.2 percent.
Sall hailed Niasse's "patriotic" decision to unite behind his candidacy, promising to "put in place a government of the people".
The opposition June 23 Movement (M23) urged its members, including Niasse and other failed candidates, to "prove their patriotism and put aside their personal problems for the superior interest of Senegal" and support Sall.
"We must all mobilise together, to deliver the killer blow and put an end to this regime," M23 coordinator Alioune Tine said Thursday.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for "civic responsibility" in Senegal ahead of the second round.
"As the country prepares for a second round of voting to determine its future leadership, the secretary general appeals, once again, for the same spirit of civic responsibility and democratic commitment to prevail throughout the process," his spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
Nesirky said the United Nations "will continue to support national efforts towards a peaceful, credible and transparent conclusion of the presidential election in Senegal."
Meanwhile, M23 has called a gathering on Saturday in Dakar in memory of the six people killed in rioting ahead of the first round vote.

We are all watching if history will indeed repeat itself.

Zambians are African Champions

Zambia are champions of Africa!

Posted: Feb 13 2012

After an epic shoot-out, the Chipolopolo defeated Cote d'Ivoire 8-7 on penalties in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final.




The match was 0-0 after 120 minutes.


Chipolopolo honoured the memory of their fallen 1993 team by clinching their first ever Africa Cup of Nations title.

The 1993 Zambia national football team air disaster occurred in the late evening of 27 April 1993 when a Zambian Air Force Buffalo DHC-5D (reg: AF-319) ditched into the Atlantic Ocean about 500 metres (547 yards) offshore from Libreville, Gabon. The flight was carrying most of the Zambian national football team to a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed. A Gabonese official investigation into the accident concluded that the pilot had shut down the wrong engine after a fire. The investigation found that pilot fatigue and an instrument error had contributed to the accident.



But the team that played Ivory Coast proved they are capable of glory for their nation and their display of zeal and determination proved fruit when after a goal less draw, Zambia emerged as winners at the Angondje stadium in Libreville by proving to be cooler customers than Cote d’Ivoire during the penalty kick session.


Cote d’Ivoire kicked off the final but Zambia were the first to threaten through a close range Nathan Sinkala strike that drew an excellent reaction save from Boubacar Barry the Ivorian Goal keeper


The chance set the tone for what followed, clearly indicating that that the Zambians were hardly overawed by the occasion and prepared to cause problems for their star-studded opponents.


Just as they have been at the entire tournament, the southern Africans were revelling in their underdogs tag. Not even an early game-ending injury to Joseph Musonda could dampen Zambian enthusiasm, though it did force Herve Renard to use his first substitution just 10 minutes into the game by inserting Nyambe Mulenga to deputise at left-back.


13 minutes later, Rainford Kalaba came close to scoring the opener with a powerful free kick from distance. The ensuing Chipolopolo corner was converted into an inconclusive Elephants counter attack that was led by Gervinho, hinting at a possible Ivorian awakening.


Francois Zahoui’s men showed some glimmers of their quality on 30 minutes, their best chance coming when Didier Drogba’s clever backheel pass found an unmarked Yaya Toure who missed despite being well placed to score. Even so, the Zambians closed out the half looking the more composed side after having unsettled the title favourites.


Zambia’s superiority continued in the second period despite it initially seeming that that Francois Zahoui’s halftime chat had had the desired effect on the Ivorians. Their vigour quickly faded though and the tempo dropped, with Renard’s men creating a few chances through Christopher Katongo.


Despite their mediocrity up to that point, the Elephants were gifted a chance to take the lead in the 69th when Gervinho was taken down on the edge of the penalty area by Isaac Chansa.


Drogba stepped up to shoot the generous spot kick but missed his second penalty of the tournament, blasting his effort over high over Kennedy Mweene’s crossbar.


The dramatic sequence injected some much-needed urgency into the match for both sides but clear-cut scoring opportunities were still lacking. In the 87th minute substitute Max Gradel dragged an effort wide after twisting past his marker.


Zambia nearly punished their opponents for their wastefulness but Kolo Toure recovered well to intercept a Chansa chip headed towards the pacey Emmanuel Mayuka for regular time to end goalless.


At the start of extra time, Zambia picked up where they left off as Christopher Katongo first time shot forced an outstanding save from the ever-alert Barry. Cote d’Ivoire dominated possession but continued to have no effective response for the Chipolopolo.


With the dreaded penalty kicks approaching, the Ivorians pushed hard for a winner but failed to make their pressure count while Zambia were content to defend deep and make brief forays forward. No winner was found and a marathon penalty kick session followed in which Kolo Toure missed first and looked to have eliminated his team.


Rainford Kalaba handed the Elephants an improbable lifeline that Gervinho wasted. Stophira Sunzu stepped forward and proved much less merciful that his prior teammate, burying his shot confidently to offer his country their first continental title and washing away the final failures of 1974 and 1994.

The first President of Zambia Dr. Kenneth Kaunda was among st jubilant fans who were on the pitch celebrating with the victors. Despite his age, he clenched the trophy with screams and big smiles shared by many supporter while some were in tears in memory of 1993.

The defeated Ivorians were as well sad with tears from a couple of both footballers and fans and president Allasan Dramane Outtara near shed public tears are he hugged his sad and disappointed footballers. That is football. There has to be winners and looser but the beauty of the Game and the unity it brings along should continue.

PRESIDENT ABDOULIE WADE BETRAYED SENEGAL JUST BECAUSE OF GREED

PRESIDENT ABDOULIE WADE BETRAYED SENEGAL JUST BECAUSE OF GREED

By Bamba Mass (Human Rights Activist UK)

As Ndey Sukai looked back behind the running crowd in the northern Podor city her eyes glanced and glued and all of a sudden, her legs failed her and she fell down. Near by was her son killed by a Police bullet. “What is my crime? she cried “oh God why did you let me voted for Abdoulie Wade? Oh God ! “Abdou Joof ruled us for 20years and never shed our blood yet we believed in Abdoulie Wade's lies and supported him . Now he wanted to show us his true colours. Oh dear oh dear . This is my only son”. Chei Yalla, Wai Nee neh” (oh God, Oh my mother). Then she vowed , “Barki (I swear by) Serigne Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké, I will not sit until I see Abdoulie Wade down”. Sobbed Ndey Sukai as she continued wailing, coddling her blood soaked son.

Senegal, typically a beacon of democracy among troubled neighbours, was urged by Amnesty International to halt a clampdown on protesters after two people were shot dead by security forces in the northern city of Podor.

The riot police continued firing tear gas, while spraying protesters with water cannons to break up thousands of Senegalese who have also rallied in Dakar demanding that Metre President Abdoulie Wade drop plans to seek a third term which according to them violates the Senegalese Constitution. The Senegalese Constitution allows only a two seven year term for any sitting president since its coming into force in 2000. Some other areas, life bullets were used

Abdoulie Wade who is finishing his second term in office argued that such rule does not apply to him and when the matter was tabled before the Senegalese constitutional court appointed by Wade, the court ruled that the constitution’s two-term limit does not apply to him, since it only came into force after his first election win in 2000. The rule change was written into the constitution by Mr Wade himself.

Abdou Diouf, his predecessor, was in power for almost 20 years and it appears Wade who has been opposition for almost two decades want to die in office. Because they said by the time he finishes his third term, he will be 93 year old maybe said one he might not survive next year and when his party wins the election which is very most likely due to a fragmented opposition and President Wade dies as president, His Party might install his son Karim to finish his father's term. They accused the 85-year-old President of holding brief for his son Karim Wade who presently holds powerful ministerial posts in the Father's government and who many accused Wade of trying to groom to succeed him though this has been denied by the Wade camp.

Private radio station RFM said a man was run over by the police's armoured-personnel carrier on Tuesday.
A reporter for the Associated Press news agency saw the young man fall to the ground after the carrier forced its way through the protesting crowd.



Police chief Harona Sy confirmed the death of the youth, but denied police responsibility. Sy said he had checked all of their vehicles and found no traces of blood, according to the state news agency.
"If there was the death of a man, then maybe we should talk about an accident, and we have opened an investigation,'' Sy said.
The AFP news agency reported that angry youth had taunted security forces, throwing stones at police who stood some 300 metres away from the square where the demonstration was being held. They burnt tyres and engaged in running battles with police in side streets after the square emptied out.

The demonstration, organised under the umbrella activist organisation M23 comes just a day after two civilians were killed by paramilitary police in a similar demonstration in the northern town of Podor.
Thousands of people gathered, held up signs and chanted slogans in protest against the decision taken by the country's top legal body to allow President Wade's candidacy in next month's election.
Wade is seeking a third term, even though the constitution was changed soon after he took office in order to impose a two-term limit.
This was the same Abdoulie Wade who many believed because of his vast knowledge in the Senegalese Legal system would have been the best to put in place a codified constitution that would put a cap on ever lasting leadership of an individual after his many years of fighting for change but today he is killing Senegalese just to hold on to power.

But the opposition is very much determined to stop him though they may not be able to now that he has embarked on his campaign trail. "People only started arriving late but within the next few hours, the number of protesters had increased dramatically. I spoke to an older woman and asked her why she was there. She said that Wade needed to leave. She said she had a large family, and when I asked her if she was there for them she said: 'I am here for me, I am here for everyone!
The Wade Camp is using its power to suspend any unauthorised rally. The interior ministry had earlier said that that the opposition need to seek authorisation before holding a rally as the Law demands.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mor Ngom of the M23 movement said that authorities had "accepted" their application to hold a mass rally. The statement came after that of some of Wade insiders who fear any such rally would spark further violence and lawlessness in the country.
Serigne Mbacke Ndiaye, Senegal's presidential spokesman, said: "The real combat is the one we must lead to hold a transparent election... being a candidate means nothing."
"We deplore the will (of the opposition) to lead the country into chaos... We don't want Senegal to go up in flames." he went on. “ If they feel they have anything for the Senegalese people, let them go to the pools not burn houses”, he charged.
The constitutional Council dismissed the opposition bid to against Wade's candidacy, leaving no legal recourse for opponents who accuse him of carrying out a constitutional coup. Though the opposition has vowed to continue civil protests to force Wade to step aside prior to the February 26 presidential vote but how they would do that is everyone's guess including Morr Nyang who said “Yalla Terreh” ( God Forbid) so loudly when asked if the military should step in to force Wade out?” Asked why he doest not want military rule in Senegal despite he want President to go? He pointed his finger towards the south and

said “Haana musuloo dem Gambie”? ( have you never been to Gambia). “Nguuri Soldar, wah lahi Ablie Wade moo ma gen nal nguri Soldar”. (Military government? I swear Ablie Wade is better for me than military government) he said.
Senegalese police have arrested a top member of Senegal's M23 opposition movement, prominent local rights activist Alioune Tine.
Amath Dansoko, also a leading figure in the June 23 Movement, confirmed Tine's arrest.
'We have just learned that Alioune Tine is at the Criminal Investigations Division (CID),' he said, calling for his 'immediate liberation.'
Another leading politician meanwhile blamed President Abdoulaye Wade for the violence and called for concerted action to force him to withdraw his controversial bid for a third presidential term.
"Today's bloodshed marks a dramatic escalation in the violence that has plagued Senegal in the run-up to its elections," Salvatore Sagues, the UK-based rights body's West Africa researcher, said.
The US urged 85-year-old Wade to allow power to pass "to the next generation".
"While we respect the process, the political and legal process in Senegal, the fact that he's now been cleared to run, our message to him remains the same: that the statesmanly-like thing to do would be to cede to the next generation, and we think that would be better," Victoria Nuland, a state department spokeswoman, said.
"Our view is that Senegalese democracy is strong enough to move to the next generation."
But Wade aides have warned against out side interference into Senegal's internal affairs . El Hadj Amadou Sallah, minister of state and a senior Wade campaign official, said it was "too late" to prevent Wade running since his candidacy had already been validated.
The opposition argues that the constitution allows a president to serve only two consecutive terms, but Wade says the law, which was amended in 2008, does not apply retroactively and cannot take into account his previous two terms.
Wade has dismissed opposition protests as "temper tantrums".
In a recent interview with a local news website, Wade said he needed three more years to complete his projects, fuelling speculation that he wanted to line up a successor.
Editors analysis:
Why three more years and not Seven as he is seeking?
What happens with the other four years that would be left when he wins?
Would there be another elections after the three years he is requesting from the Senegalese people?
Only Wade can answer these important questions.
One thing is clear in an event where Wade is to die in power, what is guarantee the party is willing to give to the Senegalese people that Karim would not succeed his father to finish the mandate and if not Karim who would step in? Would there be an election?
Why would president Wade give peace a chance and allow his party to choose a fresh candidate and with his support the Senegalese people would choose if they want a continuation of the Wade policies then such successor can complete his unfinished projects? Why would it has to be only Wade or no one? What is PDS hiding from the Senegalese people? Why would Wade himself few months ago agree that he should not seek a third term only for him to make a u turn?
Who so ever is behind this is causing the Senegalese blood to speal and who knows how many more have to die?
God help Africa .

MOST TODAY WORLD TYRANTS COME FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES WHY?

http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2011-12-19-on-the-death-of-kim-jong-il

Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh is mentioned in almost most news papers where Dictators are mentioned. Here is a man who want to be remembered as a bad news for all Gambians when he has all the chances to turn the clock around in his favour by allowing free press, releasing all political prisoners and upgrading reforms that would turn international attention towards his move.
It is indeed sad that most of the world's most brutal tyrants unfortunately comes from the Muslim world. What is happening? How can such a noble religion allow itself to be associated with devilist leaders.

Late Saddam Hussain of Iraq
Late Murmar Gaddafi of Libya
Late Omar Bongo of Gabbon
Late Lassana Conteh of Guinea
The Al kalifa royal family of Bahrain
Ahmadinajad of Iran
The Soud Royal Family of the kingdom of Soudi Arabia
Ben Ali of Tunisia
Al Bashir of Sudan
Yahya Jammeh of Gambia
Ali Abdoullah Asaleh of Yemen
Bashar Al Assad of Syria
Ali Odingba Bongo of Gabon
Dadis Camara of Guinea

All these leaders have used force on their own people killing many in the process. How could these happen? A religion built on tolerance to have leaders who are hell bent of staying in power regardless of what the people want is a thing that needs closer look.