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To engage or not to engage the Gambian leadership

By Dodou Jawneh   In preparation for the Commonwealth Journalist association conference slated for 29 January to 2 February, 2012 in Malta, members of the London branch of CJA were invited to a reception at Malta House on London’s Piccadilly by the High Commission of Malta to the UK. As a Gambian, my conversation with other invitees centred on the governance regime in Gambia particularly with regards the November, 2011 election which elicited contradictory reaction even from the perspective of individual opinion. No one individual observer, be it from the Commonwealth observer mission or the African Union, have provided a clear and concise verdict on Jammeh’s victory. The Commonwealth and … Continue reading

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