Demba A. Jawo

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ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao with Demba A. Jawo in Buenos Aires (2017)

Demba Ali "Jamanka" Jawo (* 1950s in Choya ) is a journalist and politician in the West African state of Gambia . From February 2017 to June 2018 he was Minister of Information and Communication in the Adama Barrow cabinet .

Life

Journalist Jawo started working as a freelance reporter for The Daily Observer in the 1990s . He later rose to the position of editor. He lost that post when the newspaper was sold to President Yahya Jammeh in 1999 . He then got a two-year contract as editor -in- chief of The Independent newspaper . After this appointment, Jawo was employed full-time as President of the Gambia Press Union (GPU). During this time he wrote a column for The Independent - until the newspaper was banned in 2006 by government regulations. Because of the political environment for journalists, Jawo went into exile in Dakar in Senegal and from then on worked for the African Press Agency (APANEWS).

On February 22, 2017, the newly elected President Adama Barrow appointed Jawo to his cabinet as Minister of Information and Communication . After his appointment, he said:

"... he will use his tenure to help reinvent Gambia's troubled media landscape would as an effective contributor to improving the country's democratic credentials."

"... he wants to use his term in office to help reinvent the troubled media landscape of Gambia as an effective contribution to improving the country's democratic qualifications."

- Demba A. Jawo

In a major cabinet reshuffle on June 29, 2018, he left the cabinet. In 2019 he published his autobiographical work A Date with Destiny .

Works

Web links

Commons : Demba A. Jawo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gambia: Veteran Journalist Named Information Minister. In: jollofnews.com. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Congratulations to Demba Ali Jawo (Jamanka) SoS for Information . In: KAIRO NEWS . February 15, 2017 ( kaironews.com ).
  3. ↑ Gambia: More Cabinet Ministers Appointed. In: jollofnews.com. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017 .
  4. ^ Barrow appoints five new ministers. In: The Point Newspaper. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Gambia named APANEWS editor Demba Jawo Information Minister. In: apanews.net. Retrieved February 26, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Gambia: Updated Version of the Cabinet Reshuffle Press Release! In: Freedom Newspaper. June 29, 2018, accessed August 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Madi Jobarteh: 'A Date with Destiny' by Demba Ali Jawo. In: thepoint.gm. March 26, 2019, accessed July 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jawo, Demba A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jawo, Demba Ali (full name); Jamanka (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH between 1950 and 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Choya (Gambia)