Yankuba Jallow

Photo of the demolished military fence in Bulock By Yankuba Jallow The latest Gambia-Senegal border crisis has brought back a question that successive governments have spent decades trying to answer: where exactly does The Gambia end and Senegal begin? More than a century after the colonial boundary was drawn, that line continues to shape relations between The Gambia and Senegal. The latest confrontation at Bulock has shown how quickly an old uncertainty can become a security issue.

By Yankuba Jallow Across China’s countryside, local communities are looking for new ways to create jobs, attract visitors and support local economies as the country’s economy changes. Six years ago, a small island in the Yangtze River in eastern China was quiet and rarely visited by young people. Today, it has become an example of how rural areas are trying to find new sources of economic activity, according to Xinhua, China’s state news agency.

By Yankuba Jallow Civil society actor and political commentator Madi Jobarteh has congratulated the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) on its 40th anniversary, describing the party’s political agenda as “correct”, simple and achievable.