Gunjur fish stock and the surrounding ecosystem in the beach area is faced with existential threat under a disingenuous guise of providing employment for the citizenry and a market for fish mongers. And more menacing danger is the sand mining which sooner or later will unleash a near irrevocable danger to[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Gambia: President Barrow Vows To Build Strong Public Institutions
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has renewed his commitment to build strong public institutions that will consolidate the country’s democracy. Presiding over the swearing in ceremony of the country’s new minister of the Interior, Ebrima M. Mballow, the secretary general and head of the civil service, Habib Saihou Drammeh[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Is This The New Normal For Gambian Politics?
Political discourse in the Gambia is causing noise pollution of a different kind. But it is as harmful for Gambian democracy as it is for the health of politicians and political parties. Allegations and counter-allegations, abuses and vituperative comments are exchanged between members of rival parties, especially on social media[Read More…]