The European Union Ambassador to the Gambia, Atila Lajos, has assured President Adama Barrow that his government can count on the support of the European Union so long as it remains on this democratic and the transition path. Ambassador Lajos was at the State House on Monday to hold what[Read More…]
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Madi Jobarteh: Open Letter To Gambia’s New Interior Minister
Serve Your People According To The Constitution And Your Conscience Your appointment as the Minister of Interior has come at a significant juncture in the history of the Gambia hence the decisions and actions you make in your new portfolio henceforth will determine not only the peace and stability of[Read More…]
3 Years (Jotna) or 5 Years Mandate For Gambia’s President
The interview of the Resident EU Ambassador to Gambia, Attila Lagos, with the Chronicle Newspaper is very telling. The Ambassador mentioned a critical fact. The Gambian transition is different from other transitions, like the ones in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Nigeria. In those instances, the transitional president was nominated. In[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: What Has Played Out In Barrow’s Recent Minor Cabinet Reshuffle?
Economically and politically, the Gambia is afflicted with executive myopia as well as naked, unapologetic cruelty and managerial political incompetence. To get out of the woods, wisdom is required in the choice of men and women to run the affairs of this country. This requires a delicate blend of sundry[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Palaver On Adama Barrow’s Second Term Bid
After many months of waiting for the other shoe to drop, Gambians finally heard President Barrow announce his readiness to fight for re-election. Silent majority of Gambians would have been relieved had he chosen to forego a second term; but many others were probably ecstatic about his declaration. There is[Read More…]
Gambia’s Interior Minister, Head Of Civil Service Sacked
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Thursday sacked the country’s minister for the Interior and head of the Civil Service from his cabinet. Ebrima Mballow is succeeded as Interior minister by Yankuba Sonko, a former head of the country’s police force during the regime of Yahya Jammeh while Omar Camara[Read More…]
Gambia: How Baba Jobe Was Used And Dumped By Yahya Jammeh (Final Part)
Following the shooting of Ousman Sillah, lead counsel for the defence team, Edward Gomez, who was the most senior lawyer in the remaining team, took over the mantle of leadership. Gomez, who never hid his support for President Jammeh and the APRC, was initially representing YDE and Baba Jobe’s co-accuse,[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Arrest And Detention Must Be Necessary And In Line With Human Rights
Since the group of youths including Raptivist Killa Ace were arrested and detained and then released on bailed on Monday August 19 they are yet to appear before any court of law. Rather they have been asked to be reporting to police almost daily even though they had security for[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Why Were You Elected Into Gambia’s Hallowed Chamber?
An Elephant on Mosquito Legs Cannot Engender Good Governance.!!! The Gambia’s National Assembly, an otherwise eminent legislative body, has been reduced, by its sheikhship, in standing and stature, due to the abandonment of its functions, core and peripheral; and its condoned and tolerated embrace of a self-destructive pursuit of the[Read More…]
Ethiopian authorities arrest journalist Mesganaw Getachew after he films outside court
Authorities in Ethiopia should unconditionally release journalist Mesganaw Getachew, who was arrested on August 9 after recording an interview outside a court in Addis Ababa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mesganaw, who reports for the privately owned Ethiopis weekly, was arrested shortly after he interviewed a lawyer, Henok[Read More…]
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