Congolese police raided the privately owned television production studio Kin Lartus, detained at least 10 of the studio’s journalists, and seized equipment, according to Kin Lartus journalists and a local, independent press freedom group. The Committee to Protect Journalists today urged authorities to return confiscated materials and cease its campaign of[Read More…]
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Guinea Bissau Gets New World Bank Resident Representative
Amadou Oumar Ba, a Mauritanian national, has been appointed as World Bank Resident Representative for Guinea Bissau. Mr. Ba, Senior Agricultural Specialist, joined the Bank in 2001 in Nouakchott. Prior to that, he has held various positions with GTZ, the German cooperation agency, the Mauritanian Government’s rural development institution where he[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Beware Of ‘Tongue In Cheek’ Political Statements
Adama Barrow is Gambia’s President today. He did not meet a perfect country when he took over, but his job is to make it less imperfect. His responsibility is to solve problems that he met on the ground and the ones that have sprouted since his occupation of the office.[Read More…]
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