The National Youth Council (NYC) has begun a 7-day reflection session with members of the Children National Assembly of The Gambia and the decentralised structures on issues affecting children within the country. The session started in Basse, Upper River Region wherein participants from Local Government Authorities/Councillors, members of the Village […]
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Journalism is not activism: “A tiger doesn’t proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.”Activism and Political Bias Are Destroying People’s Faith in Journalism
Fatoumatta: The Gambian private media fought twenty-two years of former president Yahya Jammeh’s military turned civilian autocracy and suffered brutal persecutions, nocturnal arson attacks, torture, and death threats without compromising their reputation and professional integrity; those days, Gambian journalists under a despot played a heroic role in fighting for the […]
Asset Declaration Law and Morality: Mr. President, As you Announce Cabinet Ministers, Should They Declare Their Assets & Liabilities Publicly?
Mr. President, as you are about to announce your new Cabinet Ministers, we want to remind you of the constitutional and moral obligations and your Cabinet Ministers to publicly declare your assets and liabilities before your Ministers take their oath of office. Mr. President, when people decide to hold public […]
On Presidential Attack on Rights Activist Madi Jobarteh, Every Gambia Must be Concerned
Every Gambian must be concerned and forcefully condemn the scathing attack launched against the person of Rights Activist Madi Jobarteh by no less a person than the Head of State. Before the country’s religious leaders, President Adama Barrow dishonestly and misguidedly branded the activist as an arsonist whose only interest […]