Defying a warning to stay away from The Gambia, American musician Jermaine Jackson, held a concert in the tiny West African nation this weekend, in honour of his later brother, Michael Jackson, PANA reported Sunday.

The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) recently advised Jermaine to stay away from The Gambia under President Yahya Jammeh, citing human rights violations by the government.

The grand musical performance, dubbed as "a tribute to Michael Jackson" to be performed by the late king of pop’s elder brother, Jermaine Jackson and other family members, is fully set to roll off Saturday evening at Gambia’s Independence Stadium in Bakau, some 11 kilometres outside of Banjul, the capital.

As part of the on-going 5th Kanilai International Cultural Festival, this is the first of its kind since Michael Jackson’s sudden death.

Mexico recovered from two successive friendly defeats to register a formidable five goal haul against Gambia in rain-soaked Bayreuth, Germany.

Following on from losses against England and the Netherlands, Javier Aguirre’s team made short work of the Gambians, winning convincingly thanks largely to contributions from the Chivas contingent.

"My loyalty to the President will never change until I am in my grave. I leave everything in the hands of God, who knows what is wrong and right."

These were the words of Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba on Thursday when he continued his testimony at the High Court in Banjul in the ongoing treason trial involving him and seven others.

Lang Tombong Tamba told the court that, on another day, Ebrima Sanyang (Ebrima Marreh) came to his residence in Kololi with the intention of seeing him when he did not close from work, and that his guards on duty kept Ebrima Sanyany waiting outside the compound.