Maintaining the momentum, after riding on the crest, is often our weakness. We are activity driven and policy or law does not get seriously influenced through such an approach. Advocacy is a planned process, effort intensive and requires a movement or group of organisations, united in mission and committed to[Read More…]
Year: 2019
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia Should Repeal The Archaic Official Secret Act
The Washington Post’s slogan, ‘Democracy dies in darkness,” is a good start, but a more populist appeal might be more effective: What are the politicians hiding from you? What do they not want you to know? Have they forgotten they work for you? Once that point is made, there will[Read More…]
Gambia’s Exiled Former Leader Rubbishes Rape Allegations
Former President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has vehemently rejected rape allegations against him by a former beauty queen, with a statement from his party saying the accusations are part of a smear campaign “aimed at tarnishing the good reputation of Gambia’s legendary and visionary leader.” According to The New[Read More…]