I ended my last paper explaining the arrival of the Gambian religious leaders mainly from the urban area to the Banjul Statehouse honoring their invitation to the meeting organized by the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC). That was a little after 5:00 pm on Saturday, July 23 1994[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Corono Virus: How Prepared Is Africa And The Gambia?
Postmortems by epidemiologists and virologists of note on the ability of African public health systems have yielded a grim truth; the continent is woefully prepared to deal with a Coronavirus epidemic. The decimation that Covad-19 would wreak would be biblical in scale. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has expressed horror at[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Deyda Hydara’s Legacy In Ethical Journalism Must Live On Forever
Deyda Hydara epitomized the traditional values of journalism —accuracy, courage, independence, and integrity — that we seek to imbue in our Journalists. By honoring the Deyda Hydara legacy, we hope to instill in our Journalists the moral and ethical framework they will need to help them navigate a new digital[Read More…]