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…]
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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…]
Gambia: Halifa Sallah Warns Against Distortion Of Coalition Agreement
(JollofNews) – The leader of one of the political parties in the Gambia’s coalition government has warned against the distortion of the coalition agreement which gave birth to the government of Adama Barrow. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said the rules relating to[Read More…]
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