Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Gambia's President Alhagi Yahya Jammeh on Dec. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Bleak Prospects for Gambian Media
Pa Kemo Jarju has worked at now-defunct newspaper The Independent, the Daily Observer, allgambian.net and other news outlets in The Gambia. As a result of his critical reporting, Jarju was forced to leave The Gambia and is now living in exile.
The Gambia has one of the worst press freedom environments in Africa and journalists who criticize the country’s president or the government face harassment, beatings, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and even death. <br ...
