(JollofNews)– President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Thursday met with members of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The Group operates as part of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. Chairperson and Rapporteur Houria Es-Slami said that the Group’s primary task was[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Daily Observer Manager Admits D17 million Tax Liability
(JollofNews) – The managing director of the Gambia’s first daily newspaper, the Daily Observer, has admitted that his company has not paid tax on its profits since 2001. Pa Modou Mbowe said his company is owing about D17 million to the Gambia Revenue Authority and tens of thousands of Dalasis[Read More…]
Gambia: Ex-Newspaper Editor Condemns Closure Of Daily Observer
(JollofNews) – A former Gambian newspaper editor has strongly criticised Wednesday’s arbitrary closure of the country’s first daily newspaper, the Daily Observer. Alagi Yorro Jallow, former managing editor of The Independent, which was banned by the previous regime of President Yahya Jammeh in 2005, said the closure of the newspaper[Read More…]