The reports that The Gambia’s ranking in this year’s World Press Freedom Index has slumped from 5th to 11th position in Africa, is definitely not a big surprise to many people, considering certain negative comments and actions taken by the government against the media. We can recall that in September[Read More…]
Author: Demba A. Jawo
The Food Theft Scandal At State House – Whither Security?
The recent revelations of theft of food stocks from the State House by two officers of the Senegalese military contingent in The Gambia was certainly a big embarrassment to President Adama Barrow and his government. This is no doubt the reason why the news was so controlled that hardly anyone[Read More…]
Did President Barrow’s Computer Get Overheated?
In spite of all the praises being heaped on President Adama Barrow during the ongoing “Meet the People’s Tour”, the farmers are certainly quite disappointed with the decision by the government to maintain last year’s price for groundnuts, despite him promising them at the beginning of the tour that he[Read More…]