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Gambia News : Doom awaits gays in Gambia
Gambian leader has given a 24-hour
ultimatum to homosexuals to leave his country before they face doom.
President Yahya Jammeh said anti-gay laws - stricter than those in Iran
- are in place in The Gambia.Mr Jammeh
said he would not tolerate "sinful and immoral acts like homosexuality"
in The Gambia, a country of civilised people and believers.
"Foreigners are cordially welcomed in The Gambia, but not bad
elements," Gambian President told a rally outside the capital Banjul,
giving homosexuals and criminals, including drug barons until last
Friday to leave the country.
He ordered landlords and hotel owners to kick out homosexuals ahead of
a mass patrol to be conducted by the security. This exercise is meant
to weed out bad elements in the society, and "we will not hesitate to
close down any hotel or lodge that accommodates homosexuals."
Jammeh said his government will never accept "dirty individuals" in a
predominantly Muslim country that has high regards for positive
cultural and religious practices.
Few months ago, a dozen of Senegalese homosexuals fled to The Gambia
after they they feared their lives. The publication of a story and
photos of a gay wedding by a local magazine, Icones, culminated in
arrests and detentions of homosexuals.
Gays quickly moved to Mauritania after seeing signs of danger in the
neighbouring Gambia whose leadership has been known for being
intolerant to homosexuals and homosexuality.
Gambian President also attacked Gambians, accusing them of
underutilising what he called "a lot of opportunities created by my
government", leaving foreigners to make fortune out of them. He said
this was why foreigners dominate most public markets in the country's
urban and peri-urban areas.
He vowed to seize all Gambian-owned stores rented to foreigners because
"we are sick and tired of investing for only foreigners to benefit."
Jammeh - a former Lieutnant - ascended to power through the barrel of a
gun in 1994 toppling the regime of Dawda Jawara in a bloodless coup.
He said since then his government has spent over US $100 million
towards the development of the country, but that 95% of this amount
have gone to foreigners.
The military-turned-civilian leader reiterated his much-trumpeted back
to land call, which he believed, is the only way that The Gambia will
attain food self-sufficiency.
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- well am verry happy when i heared from our leader his excelence yahya jammeh,talking on those stupid peoples [gays]whos want and trying to make gambia like holland,america,south africa etc,
but insha allahu by will of allahu that could not be happon in home land the gambia smiling coast,because its land of believers
so all gambians must join thiere hands togehter working together to help our president ,to find them and took them to arch22 or to stadium ,then to cuttoff thiere heads live in grts
so please boye,elders ladis and gentle mens, if you see and know any one who doing this with this mother fuckers[westerns]informe police pr army quickly so they will cutoff his or she's head
is me gambian lover, the gambian student in egypt: abdou khadri sillah
(Posted on May 23, 2008, 12:43 AM abdou khadri sillah , the gambian student in egypt)
- This is the rantings of a madman who should be deposed in legal and law abiding elections! I thought Gambia was more intelligent than this. It is the president who brings shame to The Gambia - not homosexuals! And to even suggest a door to door witch-hunt is to show what total stupidity this man has, to squander such public resources as police and army, who I am sure have more pressing things to do. The money would be better spent on improving The Gambia's road network. As for giving money to foreigners, maybe better education in business management would help. Get real Jammeh, stop acting like Mad Dog Mugabe.
(Posted on May 22, 2008, 7:55 PM david riddington)
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