He who controls data is potentially as powerful as government. Information makes power. Government intelligence agencies are powerful because of their unhindered ability to collate, store and analyze both public and personal data. Social media platforms can be considered as civilian versions of large global intelligence agencies, holding information that[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Contradictions & Controversy Of Aggravated Homosexuality Law In Gambia
This write-up was published last February and is most relevant in our conversations today since the British Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated the position of the EU and United States saying criminalizing homosexual behavior and same sex marriages was wrong then and it’s still wrong now and called President Adama[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Review And Reform The Local Government Act
Classical Case of Mayor Pa Sallah Jeng versus The Minister of Local Govt and Lands (Revisited) All that has been said about the nature and extent of formal democratic governance in the First Republic is generally identical with and applicable to the Second Republic. The 1970 and 1997 Constitution recognized[Read More…]