(JollofNews)- Freedom is lost and rights are violated or abused or denied when the people who sacrificed sweat, blood and tears go to sleep after winning these or out of over-confidence fail to water, manure and tend their gains. ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty’ says Wendell Philips. But[Read More…]
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Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: We Need A truth And Justice Commission
(JollofNews)- So far the common post-conflict practice in Africa is to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as we saw in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia following their bloody civil wars and apartheid in South Africa. The Gambia on the other hand neither suffered a civil war nor an[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It
(JollofNews)- I am still struggling to get my mind around what democracy means for our collective future. I won’t try to sort it out here in a Facebook post. Alas! The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point[Read More…]
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