Hon. Sherrif Abba Sanyang, the Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs has resigned, effective 1st July 2023, State House announced. The State House press release further stated that President Barrow has accepted the resignation and thanked Mr Sanyang for the services he rendered to the Government and the […]
Politics
A Country on the Directionless Wheels of Misplaced Priorities: A Sober Reflections on Our Elusive Political Visioning, Development Governance, and Expectations.
By Dr. Assan Jallow. The political economy of a country is comprised of individuals and collective groups with varying “vested interests representing, elites, lobbyists, rent-seeking groups, or voters at large” (Mukand, et Al. 2016) to drive policies. As such, policies must be driven by the pragmatism of Gambia’s developmental value […]
Statement by Madicke NIANG, former Senegalese Foreign Affairs Minister on the recent political crisis
“Senegal is worth all the sacrifices” My fellow countrymen,I was tempted to keep quiet and live, in silence, my suffering to see the country I love so much sink into distress, but an inner path intercepted me to tell me that my mutism risked leaving negative and indelible traces in […]
Understanding the Situation in Senegal. Defend Democracy
Senegal is at the brink of collapse simply because Pres. Macky Sall is hellbent on standing for a third re-election in 2024 claiming that his first term (2012 – 2019) does not count. His surrogates and himself seem to maintain that the term limit began in 2019 following the constitutional […]