Dear Saffiyoungba, Of late you have been ‘bombarding’ me with the question ‘Where were you during the 22 years of Jammeh rule?’ I was in The Gambia, hiding in Bakau. I saw all the braggadocio and hectoring exhibited by Yaya and heard about all his ungodly, inhuman, inhumane and blood curdling[Read More…]

President Adama Barrow has made press freedom a pillar of his reforms since taking power last year from Yahya Jammeh, whose authoritarian 22-year rule was marked by terror and dealt heavy blows to journalists, including arrests, nocturnal arson attacks on media houses, torture, forced exiled, intimidation, and killings of reporters.[Read More…]

Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. Youth is the[Read More…]