(JollofNews) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall has won a second term, of five years, following Sunday’s election. He took 58% of the vote in the poll in which he faced four challengers, but was accused of preventing some of his main rivals from running. Two well-known opposition figures were barred[Read More…]
Year: 2019
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: S/Leone’s First Lady Needs Our Understanding, Not Hostility
At first I was appalled and angry, then it dawned on me that I should understand her. We win when we understand. The bashing the First Lady of Sierra Leone is receiving for her comments on FGM and her personal stance on it is, I think, harsh and hostile. We[Read More…]
The National Assembly Must Remain Resolute Against The Unconstitutional Sacking of Ya Kumba Jaiteh
Hamad Omar Sallah The National Assembly is a coequal branch of government. It makes the laws of the land and by implication, has sole, unfettered ability to whip the Executive into shape especially when it acts in a shockingly wayward manner, as was recently demonstrated by President Barrow in the[Read More…]
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