Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow

Opinion

People with “Honoris Causa” or Honorary Doctorate Degrees Should Not Add ‘Dr.’ in Front of Their Name?

Fatoumatta: An Honorary Degree is not earned. It is conferred at the discretion of the institution that awards it. There are no fixed criteria for such degrees. Honorary Doctorates have been awarded for many different reasons: contributions to knowledge, contributions to commerce, contributions to peace, contributions to popular culture, and […]

Good Book, Opinion

Suggested Reading List for the President, Advisors, and Cabinet Ministers. For Those Who Want to Lead Must Read

Fatoumatta: Anyone who truly wishes the President and his Cabinet Ministers and his key advisers well must draw their attention to this write-up. Scathing and lengthy as it may appear, this write-up article is not all boring. It highlights what the President and his top-level team need to do to […]

Business & Economics, Migration, News, Opinion

Gambia Needs a Professional Foreign Service, Not Politically Appointed Diplomats, Alagi Yoro Jallow writes

The Gambia’s Foreign Service Recruits’ Quality falling: And Whom Are The Gambia Government Sending As Our Country’s Ambassadors and Diplomatic Corps Abroad? Fatoumatta: Take for granted that there is anything imperial leftover from the colonial past in the Gambia. It is the recruitment method and appointment of foreign service officers […]