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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 ]
The Daily Observer; The Point; Today Newspaper; Biweekly ... – online; The Standard – online; The Daily News – online; ... of newspapers in the Gambia.
Ceesay was the features editor at The Daily Observer newspaper in Banjul and editorial writer from 1999 to 2006. He was curator of The Gambia National Museum from 1999 to 2008, curating art and ethnography exhibitions. From January 2008 to August 2008 he was Deputy Permanent Secretary and Director of the Press Office for President Jammeh.
Few dared question Gambia's former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, when he outlawed female genital mutilation (FGM) over a decade later, in 2015, saying it was not required by Islam, the country's majority
Under the Presidency of Samuel Doe, the Daily Observer was subject to sustained political harassment. [8] The First Liberian Civil War caused Best to relocate his family by fleeing to The Gambia on 1 August 1990. [5] [9] [6] There he founded Gambia's first daily newspaper on 11 May 1992, again called The Daily Observer.
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.
If parliament approves it, Gambia would become the first country to reverse a ban on FGM. It passed its second reading in March with only five out of 53 lawmakers voting against it and one abstaining.
Bah attended Muhammedan Primary School and then Banjul City Council School. [1] In 1987, he was elected as a councilor of the Banjul City Council from the Campama ward. [1] In the 2013 Gambian local elections, Bah, running as an independent candidate, defeated incumbent mayor Samba Faal (APRC) with 51.2% of the vote to become the Lord Mayor of ...