The term for three board of directors of the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GiEPA) has ended. The presidential appointees including the outgoing GiEPA Board Chair – Mr Yankuba Dibba, Vice Chairman – Mr Momodou A. Ceesay, and Mr Muhammed Sillah – a member, were part of the non-ex-officio […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Touba – Senegal: The police at the Ndamatou Police Station in Touba, Senegal have arrested Serigne Khadim Mbacké, a marabout and Quranic teacher, suspected of raping 27 girls who were learning at his school (Daara). According to Seneweb, the case came to light sometime in March in Touba when several […]
