Jammeh to Start Diabetes Cure Soon

I guess the president of Gambia did not get enough attention when he claimed he could cure AIDS (In Gambia, AIDS cure or false hope? - CNN.com). Now he is claiming he can cure Diabetes in 15mins. Well if you consider death a cure then I guess anybody can really cure.
The part that socks me the most is the fact that he disclosed this at a meeting with senior members of his government at the State House. Can a country get their President declared insane and removed from office?

Since stealing power, through a military coup in 1994, he has made life unbearable for anyone that expresses discontent for his rule.

Below is the news article –

The Daily Observer (Banjul)
NEWSApril 4, 2007
By Lamin M Dibba

President Yahya Jammeh yesterday disclosed that he can also cure diabetes within five minutes, like asthma, at no cost.

Disclosing this at a meeting with senior members of his government at the State House, President Jammeh said he has successfully carried out a test on diabetes treatment on five people, who regained their health. He told diabetic patients to register with Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, to benefit from the treatment. However, he pointed out that patients must bring along a certified paper or document indicating that they are diabetic patients, before being treated. He then added: "My treatment is not political. Anybody who is sick can come forward for the treatment, free of charge. I will add something new to diabetes in a month's time, but I will not disclose it until after one month," he assured.
Gambians and all other people of hope have welcomed this development in our country and are prou that an African is using African knowledge to cure the diseases and ailments of people, no matter what race.

President Jammeh is determined to cure anyone (black or white) with AIDs, because his knowledge is a gift to humanity at large. We must wake up to the fact that the pharmaceutical industry, who control the major seats of power around the world will not be happy with President Jammeh's gift and knowledge to cure AIDs, asthma and now diabetes, as there are billions of Dollars attached to research, to find a Western medicine to cure these diseses. Indeed this little country called The Gambia with its gifted leader has now become the biggest threat to the interests of the multi-national drug companies. Gambians and many more people will continue to go to President Jammeh to be cured of AIDs, asthma and diabetes that is de-populating most countries in Africa today. The people who were cured are living evidence of President Jammeh's success.

Copyright © 2007 The Daily Observer. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com).

Diabetes kills

I often feel there is an unspoken, don’t ask don’t tell policy when it come to Diabetes and West Africans. When this unspoken policy is not being enforced the attitude of most is that this is not a serious disease, this is the reason why I think the UN resolution on diabetes (Unite for Diabetes) is valuable.

Last week almost all the major West African news papers carried a variation of the same headline about “A Presidential Candidate in coma after suffering from diabetes” Alliance for Democracy a political party in Nigerians’ candidate was said to be in diabetic coma merely days, almost a month to the April 28th presidential elections. Adebayo Adefarati, the Presidential Candidate passed due to complications to diabetes (May his soul rest in peace)
What makes this even strange is the fact that in January I read in disbelieve that the current president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, in a speech dispel rumours that the Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Umar Yar’Adua, from his own party, Peoples Democratic Party was always sick and a diabetic, said that -

“He was sick in 2001 and has since been miraculously healed”

I did not bother to read feather, I was no longer interested in whatever he had to say about diabetes.

I was talking to my mother and sister about how an intelligent, educated and a person who obviously has money will neglect his diabetes (I am not sure what type he had) into a coma. My sister who had not read the January story replied -

“Maybe some miraculous pastor prayed for him”

Been so long

I finally feel like I am getting better physically from the flu/cold that will not go away. I am also feeling much better emotionally it seems they are both tied into one another.


I got a new laptop but the wow of vista has not started yet, it could be just me being me. I might have been expecting too much since I put off getting a new computer for about three years waiting for vista. I can however not bring myself to pack up my eight years old laptop, I have an offer from a friend to buy it but it seems I am not all that ready to part with something that has been part of my live for the last eight years. It is heavy, slow and clunky, it takes about the same time it takes to brew coffee to power up but it been good and reliable.


Last Saturday I was treated to the inspirational sounds of The Soweto Gospel Choir “WOW” nothing prepared me for the emotions and exuberance. Their songs are accompanied by the unique Southern African rhythms, energetic dance moves and colourful traditional outfits. The seamless flow of traditional, acapella and contemporary gospel was unstoppable. To demonstrate the choirs’ multi-lingual skills they wormed up at the start of the second half in French, German and Zulu.