I recall on Friday 27 January 2012 I was standing with thousands of Senegalese citizens as well as fellow civil society activists from across West Africa at the l’Obelisque in the heart of Dakar awaiting the announcement of the Constitutional Council on the candidature of Pres. Abdoulaye Bah. At the […]
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The Situation in Senegal: Failure of Government and ECOWAS
The current political situation in Senegal is simply the usual classical failure of leaders and institutions in Africa that squarely accounts for the bad governance, instability, and deprivation across the continent. The unilateral announcement by Pres. Macky Sall to postpone the February 25 presidential elections only to be fully endorsed […]
Former Gambian Health Minister accused of sexual harrassment
A former Minister of Health in The Gambia has been accused of sexual harassment by a 21-year-old Gambian lady (name withheld), LamToro News (LTN) has learnt. The said doctor is reportedly residing at Cape Point in Bakau. Although he has his own private clinic at Cape Point in Bakau but […]
MJFC calls for urgent enactment of Legislation to guide the exercise of prerogative of mercy
PRESS STATEMENT 1st February 2024. The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) is very concerned with the recent public outcry concerning the pardon of convicted prisioners by the President of the Republic in exercise of his powers enshrined in Section 82 of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The […]