Five years ago, the president of Gambia crowned 18-year-old Fatou Jallow the winner of the nation’s top beauty pageant with a lecture to her and other contestants: Do not rush to marry, he said, but use the pageant’s scholarship prize to fulfill your dreams. But the president, Yahya Jammeh, soon[Read More…]
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Gambia Urged To Stop Threatening Anti-Barrow Critics
A prominent Gambian human rights activist has called on the Gambia Government of President Adama Barrow and its supporters to nip in the bud threats to opposition supporters and critics. Fatou Jagne-Senghor, the West Africa director of Article 19, a London-based pro-freedom of expression organisation, said during the 22-year rule[Read More…]
Harriet Ndow: Decorated Gambian Educationist Dies
The death has been announced of Harriet Margaret Ndow, one of the most decorated Gambian educator and founder of Ndow’s Comprehensive Secondary School. Born in October 1926, Mrs Ndows as she was fondly called, received her education at St. Joseph’s Infant Primary and Secondary schools before landing a colonial scholarship[Read More…]
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