President Yahya Jammeh

Ah well, news stories like this shouldn’t really surprise anyone any more, these days. Anyway, you remember how last year the president of Gambia proudly announced he had discovered a cure for AIDS? Well, now it seems he has found a cure for homosexuality: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says he will “cut off the head” of any homosexual caught in his country. He said that Gambia was a country of believers, indicating that no sinful and immoral act as homosexuality would be tolerated in the... Read Full Story

GAMBIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BEHEAD ALL GAYS Gambian President Yahya Jammeh yesterday issued a stern warning to gays and those who befriend them: «Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says he will 'cut off the head' of any homosexual caught in his country. Addressing supporters at the end of his meet the farmers tour Sunday, Jammeh also ordered any hotel or motel housing homosexuals to close down, adding that owners of such facilities would also be in trouble. He said the Gambia was a... Read Full Story

A stern warning this week for gays and gay friendly people in Gambia. The president of Africa's smallest nation, officially known as Republic of The Gambia, warned he would 'cut off the head' of any homosexual caught in his country. Yahya Jammeh also ordered the closure of any hotel or motel housing any homosexual individual. This comes just months after gays were said to be fleeing Senegal, which surrounds Gambia, due to that country's homophobic policies. So now we're taking orders from... Read Full Story

Barbary Shrike The Gambia is one of the worlds smallest nation states and it’s borders are defined by the course of the mighty river Gambia one of three giant West African rivers that rise in the Fouta Djallon mountain ranges of Guinea. It covers an area of 11,000 square kms and has a length of approximately 330-km and a narrow width of between 25 to 30 kms along most of its length. It has a small coastline due to its narrow width and is almost completely surrounded by its much larger... Read Full Story

New York-based Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who recently announced plans to rid his country of homosexuals and threatened to behead any gays that were... MORE...Just click the headline... Read Full Story