Author: Demba A. Jawo

Denied Access To A Public Document

I am presently engaged in researching for a book that I am writing on Gambian names and one of the institutions that I approached for that research was the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). I personally contacted the Vice Chairman, Mr. Joe Colley, for access to the voters’ list, which I[Read More…]

Gambia: Barrow’s Take-Over Bid For BCC, KMC

President Adama Barrow seems to have devised a clever plan to take over the opposition-controlled municipalities of Banjul and Serekunda by announcing his intentions to impose on them an administrator, no doubt to curb the powers and influence of the mayors in those two municipalities. Speaking on Sunday at the[Read More…]

Gambian Documents Issued To Senegalese Citizens?

When I made some analyses of the last presidential elections and I alluded to the undeniable fact that some non-Gambians and others not qualified to vote in this country were registered and indeed mobilized to vote in the elections, I was subjected to a barrage of insults and invectives, mostly[Read More…]

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