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The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, the Gambia. [1] The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia, until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to ...
The Gambia. / 13.467°N 16.600°W / 13.467; -16.600. The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. [a] [8] Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [b] it is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. [9] It is situated on both sides of ...
Freedom Newspaper – online. The Standard – online. The Daily News – online.
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, in the Gambia, and is a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group.
Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is a truth commission in The Gambia to investigate the Yahya Jammeh era from 1994 to 2017. The process from the announcement of the commission to its launch lasted from 20 July 2017 to 15 October 2018. Its executive secretary is [when?]
Ndey Tapha Sosseh (born 1979) is a Gambian journalist and unionist. In 2004, she became editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer, making her the first female editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper in the Gambia 's history. From 2008 to 2011, she served as president of the Gambia Press Union . Sosseh was a government target during the final years of ...
Notable works. Defying Dictatorship. Baba Galleh Jallow is a Gambian academic and journalist who was appointed as executive secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in February 2018. Born in Farafenni, Jallow completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Sierra Leone.
Zeinab Jammeh. Zeinab Suma Jammeh (born October 5, 1977) is the former First Lady of the Gambia and the main wife of the former President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. [2] [3] In September 2019, the results of the Janneh Commission, a committee of inquiry set up by the Barrow government to investigate Jammeh's financial activities, were published.