These are not good times for the Gambian media. Most people I know have formed an irrevocable impression that it’s become pusillanimous. Where once newspapers, radio stations boasted of challenging and exposing the government, we now flinch from doing so. Worse, when our voices are raised it’s against the government’s[Read More…]
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Democracy Watch Gambia Sets Out Recommendation For New Constitution
Democracy Watch Gambia Tuesday published a list of recommendations it wants to be included in the amended constitution of the Gambia. The Gambia’s Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the country’s 1997 constitution, which it said was heavily flawed and seriously limits the rights and freedoms of Gambians. “Having conducted[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Doctors’ Rights And Responsibilities
I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) in response to brother Madi Jobarteh’s passionate support of Gambia’s striking junior doctors. Madi’s thesis in support of the doctors’ strike has moved beyond the specific complaint about the Health Minister’s utterances, but I would like to start with my brief[Read More…]
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