The General Manager of Niumi FM, a privately-owned radio station in rural Gambia, Ousman A. Marong, has been appointed Gambia Volunteer Coordinator of The Mediterranean Foundation for the Survival of African Migrants (MFSAM). The MFSAM group is a prestigious organization representing the African Migrants, and Refugees across the length and […]
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Opinion: The press, when trained for democracy, becomes a vital pillar of our society, shaping and guiding our democratic progress
Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: The media are at the heart of democratic life in contexts such as ours, where disinformation, misinformation and propaganda, fake news, and intellectual terrorism of the minority over the majority and intellectual populism on social media over national issues of critical and sober voices not amplified […]
Ministry of Information Turns to the Ministry of Truth: Orwell’s 1984 Dystopian World Becomes Reality in Gambia Under Minister Ismaila Ceesay
By Arfang Madi Sillah, Washington DC In George Orwell’s haunting novel 1984, the Ministry of Truth is not an agency of transparency but one of profound deceit, charged with rewriting history to suit the ever-shifting whims and caprices of a totalitarian regime. Orwell’s vision of a government that bends reality […]
Asset Declaration Law and Morality: Mr. President, Cabinet Ministers, Senior Civil Servants, Public Officers, and Security Personnel should all publicly declare their assets, liabilities, and land holdings
Mr. President, we wish to remind you of the constitutional, moral, and ethical obligations that you, as the President and first citizen of The Gambia, along with your senior civil servants and public officials, have to publicly declare your assets and liabilities, especially as Cabinet Ministers and senior government officials […]