(JollofNews) – ) – President Adama Barrow has today officially launched the National Development Plan (NDP) running from 2018 to 2021, with a resounding pledge to transforming the tiny West African nation into “a more progressive, vibrant and all-inclusive society.” “Successful implementation of the NDP will ensure achievement of Government’s[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: You Want To Know Where I Was During The Jammeh Regime?
Dear Saffiyoungba, Of late you have been ‘bombarding’ me with the question ‘Where were you during the 22 years of Jammeh rule?’ I was in The Gambia, hiding in Bakau. I saw all the braggadocio and hectoring exhibited by Yaya and heard about all his ungodly, inhuman, inhumane and blood curdling[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: A Chilling Silence In Gambian Journalism
President Adama Barrow has made press freedom a pillar of his reforms since taking power last year from Yahya Jammeh, whose authoritarian 22-year rule was marked by terror and dealt heavy blows to journalists, including arrests, nocturnal arson attacks on media houses, torture, forced exiled, intimidation, and killings of reporters.[Read More…]