Samsudeen Phatey, a Gambian journalist and an activist based in the USA has requested Justice Ebrima Jaiteh to recuse himself from his case for delaying a ruling in his case before him at the high court. Sam Phatey made this application on 22nd February 2023 at the high court in […]
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GiEPA Bids Farewell to Appointed Board Members
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 […]
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 […]