Dear President Adama Barrow, Your election has raised high hopes of democratic change in The Gambia, and we would like to draw your attention to a recent arrest of media practitioners and journalists also the closure of two private radio stations. Mr.President, we are distressed to observe the continuation of[Read More…]
Politics
Alagi Yorro Jallow: President Jawara’s Impact And Legacy
I watched the funeral service of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara on national television and on social media, and I wondered if money and ambition allowed Gambians especially elders, parents, religious leaders, politicians, youth activists, lawyers, journalists, egalitarianists, men and women in uniform as well as traditional leaders or elected governmental[Read More…]
Rights Group Pays Tribute To Ex-President Jawara
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…]

