The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) has expressed it’s sadness at news of the passing-away of the Gambia’s first President, Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, on 27 August 2019. It described the former long-term ruler as an African Statesman who contributed relentlessly to the development and[Read More…]
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President Barrow Wants To Bequeath A Better Gambia
President Adama Barrow has used his meeting with the Council of Elders of the West Coast Region to expressed his desire to bequeath a better Gambia that is imbued with a vibrant economy, a constitution that can serve the country for 50 to 100 years; build strong institutions and a[Read More…]
Gambia’s Barrow Sympathises With Ex-President Jawara’s Family
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia said he is saddened at the news of the passing of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the first democratically elected ruler of the west African nation. The elder statesman and founding father of the Gambia died this morning at the age of 95 after a[Read More…]