As The Gambia enters a new year, attention turns once again to the record of President Adama Barrow, who is approaching nine years in office as President of the Republic, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and Chair of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Since 2017, the Barrow administration[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Yorro Jallow: A Qur’anic Infused Eulogy For Lawyer Ousman Sillah
The Gambia awoke today to a silence that feels heavier than grief itself. A towering figure has departed our midst. Lawyer Ousman Sillah, legal luminary, survivor of tyranny, scholar of rare brilliance, and one of the bravest sons this nation has ever produced, has returned to his Lord. His passing[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Why The Barrow Media Dinner Matters More Than Its Critics Admit Part II
Response To S. Chopet: A Dinner Is Not the Problem Our Democratic Anxiety Is. Critics miss the point: the real test of press freedom is not avoiding the President’s table, but ensuring journalists can question him fearlessly the next morning The argument that Gambians are “too easily appeased” because journalists[Read More…]
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