Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: Eight years ago, President Adama Barrow’s accusations against certain unethical Gambian journalists who demanded money for positive news coverage were not only disappointing; they were concerning. Many young idealistic reporters are disillusioned by what they are asked to do in the name of journalism. While some […]
The Gambian President Adama Barrow has threatened to take legal action against The Voice Newspaper, following the local newspaper’s Monday article titled “Barrow Chooses Muhammed Jah As Successor As Pres. Works on Exit Plan-Sources”. In a strongly worded letter, dated 25th September 2024 and signed by the legal representative of President Adama Barrow and his […]
De-Reserving Abuko Nature Reserve. Understanding The Context To put it bluntly and simply, the Gambian environment is being ravaged thanks to both negligence and corruption by the Government. Since 2017, the destruction of the land, sea, beaches, forests, wetlands, streams and waterways, and mangroves through pollution, encroachments, dumping, bush fires, […]
Fatoumatta: Gambian home-based scholars and intellectuals must embrace the ‘publish or perish’ ethos and adopt a macro rather than micro perspective to achieve global recognition like their peers, but not in obscurity. Alagi Yorro Jallow. I’m not very familiar with Dr. Mbye Kebba Kah. I haven’t encountered him on any […]