The Gambia appears to be a litter bin of big and small dictators and aspiring dictators. Even the pro-democracy heroes and heroines, the survivors/victims of Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship, are so used to the perfidy around them that they see no reason to hate evil and its high priests. Twenty-two years[Read More…]
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A Lukewarm Approach To Dealing With Past Human Rights Violations: African Truth And Reconciliation Commissions
(JollofNews) – Do the findings of the recent Afrobarometer survey on the Gambia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 249 by Sait Matty Jaw) affirm the fact that truth and reconciliation mechanisms are snowflake mechanisms that are incapable of delivering justice for the victims of human rights violations? TRCs[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: How many “Banjul Millionaires” Signed The “Giving Pledge” In Philanthropy?
There is a worldwide trend towards millionaires and billionaires giving away a substantial portion of their wealth to worthy causes and philanthropy. This movement is catalyzed by the “Giving Pledge” started by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. So far, over 164 billionaires have signed the giving pledge. The aim of[Read More…]
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