Rwandans would like to wean themselves from American hand-me-downs, and the United States wants to punish them for it. Last week, the Trump administration suspended duty-free access to U.S. markets for Rwandan clothing. This may sound like inconsequential news, compared with the prospect of a trade war with China, the[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Constitutional Review Commission Unlawfully Constituted
By Lamin J Darboe It is the inexorable law of nature that every creature will succumb. Stated differently, human life is transient. In a limited sense, and in our geographic circumstances, what permanence there is belongs to the physical entity called Gambia and its betterment must therefore constitute our collective[Read More…]
Chief Justice Jallow: “We Need A System That Will Prevent Abuses Of Power”
As the eleven-member consitutional review panel is set to draft a blueprint for the future, Chief Justice Hassan Aboubacarr Jallow has expressed the need for the country to move towards a more perfect constitution that would not would not trample upon Gambians’ newly won freedom. “We need a constitution to ensure[Read More…]