President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Friday received a team of officials from the Commonwealth Secretariat in London who are on a week-long assessment mission, which could soon lead to the country’s full return to the Commonwealth. President Barrow expressed his pleasure at receiving the Commonwealth assessment team, and thanked[Read More…]
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Gambia: President Barrow Turns His Back To Yahya Jammeh’s Title Mania
Barely 24 hours after returning from his religious trip to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has made a ground-breaking decision in renouncing the title of “Alhaji” he acquired at the end of the pilgrimage. “The Office of the President wishes to take this opportunity to inform[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Political Patronage: A ‘Political Heritage’ In the Gambia
Anyone who has grown up in or around the Gambia’s electoral politics knows that when it comes to party politics, there is a dirty word that has more than four letters; that word is “patronage.” Political patronage or the spoils system (indeed, any kind of patronage) employs a system that[Read More…]
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