Modou Joof

Freelance Journalist: Ex-editor @VoiceGambia;
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[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

BAD MEDICINE

Ebrima Sagnia was frantic as he carried his son through the doors of a hospital one evening last September. A few days earlier, Lamin had been a rambunctious 3-year-old, chasing a ball around the yard.

By @zachmider, @sw_gs, & @JoofMS

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[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

In recent weeks, a controversial proposal by Gambia government to impose new regulations on media & journalists has sparked outrage among press freedom advocates. @gmpressunion has expressed strong opposition to these measures.

https://t.co/RV9NdPxUXt

[FactCheck Gambia @FactcheckGambia]

EXPLAINER:

Justice on Trial: Is The Gambia Returning to a Culture of Arbitrary Detention?

Read more: https://t.co/rpfjcoxQkT

Photos taken from @Kerrfatou

[Gambia Press Union (GPU) @gmpressunion]

"Journalists are duty bound to protect children from harm, including harmful traditional practices, sexual and gender-based violence as stated in their code of conduct," @gmpressunion Secretary General @JoofMS said.

[Gambia Press Union (GPU) @gmpressunion]

This week, our secretary general @JoofMS participated in a high-level panel on "Freedom of Expression and Digital Surveillance in Africa" organised by Avocats Sans Frontieres France on the sidelines of the 85th Ordinary Session of the @achpr_cadhp

More: https://t.co/sp5aBkZdSd

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

🎉 Just had an incredible experience attending Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2025 (#FIFAfrica25)! 🎉 #InternetFreedomAfrica #FIFAfrica25 @cipesaug - via #Whova event app

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

Thirty-three Gambians hired to work in Spain on three-month contracts disappeared while in the country, jeopardizing a program designed to provide a legal pathway to work in Europe.

Read more: https://t.co/ZdwgmcjQNx

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

A US court sentenced Michael Sang Correa, a former army captain who served under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to 67 and a half years in prison for torturing people accused of involvement in a failed coup plot

https://t.co/qvBMUxf5ta

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

The military-led governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso plan to channel part of their revenues into a new investment bank to reduce their reliance on foreign donors.

https://t.co/LugbXWy7fm

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

Gambian lawmakers rejected a new draft constitution that imposed presidential term limits, but contained a loophole that would have allowed President Adama Barrow to run for re-election after his current five-year term ends in 2027.

https://t.co/mXbG8ZAvvY

[The Republic @TheRepublic_G]

There is no evidence of an indepedent valuation done by the Sheriff in violation of a court order while a politician, Amadou Corra, was reportedly brought in to do the pricing at the sales, claims he denied.

https://t.co/wTj9riVeLw

[FactCheck Gambia @FactcheckGambia]

In May, @MohGambia issued an alert on the scabies outbreak at an Islamic boarding school. We explain the symptoms, treatment, prevention & prevalence of scabies in #Gambia

https://t.co/Al9RzFlMOx

Photo by N. Lufanga, Baby with Scabies (WHO website)

#unescosupport #UNPBF #I4P

[TNBES OFFICIAL @thenorthbankeve]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy, where house staff make up more than a quarter of the entire labor force. @JoofMS reports.

https://t.co/C9XRpgd3kx

[Bloomberg Markets @markets]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy https://t.co/rr2p5OvutU

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy https://t.co/bTTQz2EB19

[Bloomberg Asia @BloombergAsia]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy https://t.co/FNmXIkOLGn

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy, where house staff make up more than a quarter of the entire labor force.

[Bloomberg @business]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy https://t.co/Snm5ZKmPng

[Bloomberg Africa @BloombergAfrica]

Dozens of Gambian women have flown to Saudi Arabia to work as maids as part of a governmental push to strengthen ties with the Middle East’s largest economy https://t.co/VvvVHM2spw

[TNBES OFFICIAL @thenorthbankeve]

A significant surge in remittance inflows last year makes up 31.5% of the West Africa nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Central Bank of The Gambia.

Read More: https://t.co/fnBm4vyJSc

Photo: Mass Njie | TNBES | August 13, 2019

[TNBES OFFICIAL @thenorthbankeve]

In a First, ECOWAS Partners a Member State to Prosecute Crimes Against Humanity

Bloc approved a proposal by Gambia to establish a special court to prosecute gross human rights violations committed during the country’s 22-year dictatorship.

Read More: https://t.co/lnQvFpeJD2

[Modou Joof @JoofMS]

Remittance inflows to West African nation has seen an upward trajectory year-on-year since 2017.

Read More: https://t.co/5ztjqdVXUD

Photo: Mass Njie | TNBES | August 13, 2019