The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, but the legacy of more than two decades of authoritarian rule has left its new democratically elected government with big challenges. The Gambia’s Finance Minister, Amadou Sanneh, began the daunting task of rebuilding its devastated economy only days after his release[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: When Right Holders Deride And Belittle Each Other
I miss my tapalapa but I stand with the bakers (not the bakery owners) “I disagree with all what you”, Voltaire shouted, “but I will defend to my death you right to say it”. This is supposed to be the true attitude of a democrat or a believer in human[Read More…]
Gambia: President Barrow Elbows Coalition Partners In Major Cabinet Reshuffle
(JollofNews) – In what could be described as perhaps his most daring move, President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Friday sacked his coalition partners from his cabinet. Tourism minister Hamat Bah of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) and Agriculture minister Omar Jallow of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), were all sacked[Read More…]
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