The managing editor of Gambia’s independent radio station, King FM, has rubbished allegations that he is interfering in the work of his presenters. Gibbi Jallow’s King FM was among radio stations that were arbitrarily closed down for nearly a month by the Gambia Government as part of its crackdown on[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Liberian Journalist Kaluba Akoi Arrested Over Facebook Posts
Liberian authorities should drop the police investigation into journalist Kaluba Akoi’s work and allow him to cover the news freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On February 28, police in Voinjama, the capital of northern Liberia’s Lofa County, summoned Akoi, a reporter with the Kintoma Radio FM broadcaster[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Socio-Political Dilemma And Cynicism Over Coronavirus In Gambia
What we have also observed is that some Gambians are generally cynical as people. There is this feeling that the government cannot handle the coronavirus pandemic. Given the endemic incompetence, corruption, and indifference in our public institutions, we cannot blame the government and the public health authorities for not having[Read More…]
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