(JollofNews) – Numbers don’t lie! The defense spending figures for years 2017, 2016, 2011 and 2010 are not available. The proportion (%) of defense to total expenditure not available for the same years and the defense spending figures for 2012 are definitely erroneous. Taking the remaining 5 years data (11+11+20+27+21)/5[Read More…]
Opinion
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise Or Fall Together
(JollofNews) – Today is World Press Freedom Day. This Day was delivered to the world by African journalists when they met in Windhoek, Namibia from 29 April to 3 May 1991 in a groundbreaking seminar on promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press. At the end of the seminar they[Read More…]
The Reality Of Gambia’s Democracy: A Dominant Political Force Demands An Effective Opposition
(JollofNews) – The outcome of the recent parliamentary election is ringing endorsement of the UDP as a dominant political force. The key challenge for our new democracy now is how to create an effective opposition force that has the capacity to face up to a dominant political force. As oppositions remain fragmented[Read More…]

