Tag: government

News, Security

Bangladeshi Chief of Army Staff visits Gambia

THE GAMBIA ARMED FORCES HONOURABLY RECEIVES BANGLADESH CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF GENERAL SM SHAFIUDDIN AHMED The Deputy Chief Defence Staff Major General Mamat O Cham, accompanied by the Army Commander Brigadier General Ousman Gomez and other Senior Officers of the Gambia Armed Forces received the Bangladeshi Chief of Army Staff, […]

News, Opinion, 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 […]

News, Politics

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 […]