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Breaking News:Fired Observer Journalists Reinstated-Media Foundation Issues Alert!
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Breaking News:Fired Observer Journalists Reinstated-Media Foundation Issues Alert!
(4).jpg) Gambia ALERT:Two journalists sacked, reinstated
Two journalists, Lamin Dibba and Ebrima Jaw Manneh, of the Daily
Observer,a Banjul-based pro-government daily newspaper,were on
February 7, 2007 dismissed by the management of the newspaper.
Although the reason for their dismissal is unclear, Media Foundation
for West Africa (MFWA) sources indicated that the two journalists were
accused of deliberately writing a story in a way that undermined
President Yahya Jammeh's claims of treating HIV/AIDS and asthma
diseases.
Dibba and Manneh, according to the sources, wrote that ninety-three
(93) asthmatic patients treated by President Jammeh recently have
recovered. But the management says it should have been written that,
ninety-three of the patients have called to say they have recovered.
The sources said the management impugned ill-motive, and described
the story as an attempt to question President Jammeh's ability to cure
the diseases.
The management also complained about the poor quality of photographs that accompanied the story.
The letters dismissing Dibba and Manneh were signed by Saja Taal, the
managing director of the newspaper and a close associate of President
Jammeh.
The journalists were reinstated on February 12 after a plea from
Yankuba Touray, Minister of Fisheries and Natural Resources.
Prof Kwame Karikari
Executive Director
MFWA
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Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 (Archive on Wednesday, February 28, 2007)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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