(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has sacked the country’s minister of the Interior, Mai Ahmad Fatty. Mai Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), which is part of the coalition government of President Adama Barrow, was sent packing from his office on Friday. No reasons were[Read More…]
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Gambia To Market Disputed Oil Blocks
The Government of the Gambia Friday announced plans to market two offshore oil blocks that African Petroleum says it still legally holds, t According to Reuters news agency, Norwegian-listed African Petroleum said in October it had launched arbitration proceedings against the Gambian government to defend its exploration rights. Licenses for[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Blame Africa’s Challenges On Bad Leadership
Scholars have debated the question of the state and governance in Africa without breaking any new ground. The post-colonial African leaders for over fifty years have grossly failed in changing the character of the colonial state as a “coercive force” into authority and domination. Critical perspectives have rightly argued to[Read More…]
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