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Omar A. Jallow. Omar Amadou Jallow (26 October 1946 – 14 May 2023) [1] was a Gambian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture in President Adama Barrow 's cabinet. Jallow was also the leader of the People's Progressive Party, which held two seats in the National Assembly at the time of his death.
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?]
The Gambia elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly has 53 members, 48 members elected for a five-year term and 5 members appointed (the fifth nominated member is the Speaker). The Gambia was a one party dominant state ...
Fatou Camara (journalist) Fatoumata "Fatu" Camara. Nationality. Gambian. Education. Gambia High School. Occupation (s) Television presenter and journalist. Fatoumata "Fatu" Camara (also Fatou Camara; * 20th century in Banjul ) is a television presenter and journalist from the West African state of The Gambia.
Fatou Jaw-Manneh is a Gambian journalist and activist who received political asylum from the United States in 1994 and has lived in the U.S. ever since. She is a well-known member of the Gambian community in the U.S. and runs the popular news and politics website Maafanta.com. She was the first female reporter at the Gambian Daily Observer and is widely known as “Gambia's Iron Lady” and ...
Occupation. International Criminal Law Prosecutor, diplomat. Profession. Lawyer. Fatou Bom Bensouda ( / fɑːˈtuː bɛnˈsoʊdə /; née Nyang; born 31 January 1961) is a Gambian lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who has served as the Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 3 August 2022.
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 ...
Deyda Hydara (June 9, 1946 – December 16, 2004) was a co-founder and primary editor of The Point, a major independent Gambian newspaper. He was also a correspondent for both AFP News Agency and Reporters Without Borders for more than 30 years. Hydara also worked as a Radio presenter in the Gambia called Radio Syd during his early years as a ...