Mr.Owens,
Thanks for the forward.
>From: Sanusi Owens <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Observer Gets New Editor-in-Chief-Attention PA NDERRY MBAI
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:07:54 +0000
>
>Pa Nderry
>
>Please read the latest from the Independent;
>
>
>Daily Obserer Editor-in-Chief Replaced
>
>The Independent (Banjul)
>NEWS
>January 14, 2005
>Posted to the web January 14, 2005
>
>By Ahmed Carayol
>Banjul
>
>
>The recently appointed Editor of the Daily Observer, Miss Ndey Tapha Sosseh
>has been replaced by one Momodou Sanyang, following the inauguration of the
>company?s new Board of Directors.
>
>Reports reaching The Independent revealed that she was relieved of her
>duties on the grounds that at the time of her appointment, the Managing
>Editor of the paper, Sheriff Bojang did not consult with the then Board of
>Directors.
>
>According to insiders, the former board headed by Lang Conteh was virtually
>dysfunctional and as a result Sheriff could not consult with them to
>authenticate the appointment of Ndey Tapha Sosseh.
>
>Another theory suggests that the company?s management were not the least
>happy with some members of the staff, who took part in the solidarity march
>organised by the Gambia Press Union (GPU) to vent their anger over the
>gruesome killing of Deyda Hydara, a professional colleague and the
>subsequent one-week news blackout by several independent media houses,
>which the management reportedly argued accumulated to several loss of
>revenues for the company.
>
>As a result, the salaries of some of the affected staff were deducted
>including the replaced Editor-in-chief, who requested for a one-week casual
>leave.
>
>Reports indicated that the action prompted the management, who were grieved
>over the situation to replace the then Editor-In-Chief with a substitution.
>But some of the insiders, who felt disgruntled over this latest
>development, said they were bullied into rubbish.
>
>Though lot of hellable things were being ascribed to the issue, the new
>Editor, Mr. Modou Sanyang who was introduced to members of staff on Monday
>in a meeting held at the office, did not report work as at time.
>
>Meanwhile, efforts to talk to former Editor-in-Chief and the Managing
>Editor, Sheriff Bojang, proved futile.
>
>
>Pa Nderry M'bai <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Ndey has been replaced. That's the story. The
>circumstances surrounding her replacement is not yet clear.
>But Post and L members will be informed accordingly
>whenever, we received any reliable info about her abrupt
>replacement.
>
>
> >From: Sanusi Owens
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Observer Gets New Editor-in-Chief-Attention PA NDERRY MBAI
> >Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:19:31 +0000
> >
> >Thanks for this news briefing.
> >
> >Does this mean that Ndey Tapha Sosseh has been replaced??? I was made to
> >believe that Ndey Tapha is still the Editor in Chief..
> >
> >Good weekend
> >
> >Sanusi
> >
> >Pa Nderry M'bai
>wrote:
> >News
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Observer gets new editor
> >By Ebrima Jaw Manneh
> >Jan 14, 2005, 10:30
> >
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> >
> >Momodou Sanyang
> >Momodou Sanyang, associate consultant with Management Development
> >Consultants International, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the
>Daily
> >Observer newspaper with effect from Tuesday, January 11. He replaces Ndey
> >Tapha Sosseh.
> >
> >Sanyang attended Sukuta Primary School, Armitage High School and then St
> >Augustine’s High School. He enrolled in the School of Public Health,
>where
> >he graduated as a public health inspector and served at various health
> >posts
> >country wide.
> >
> >Mr Sanyang left for the former USSR in 1975 to pursue a masters degree in
> >international relations at Kiev State University, Ukraine. He returned to
> >the country in 1979, and taught Literature, English and Government at St
> >Augustine’s Junior Secondary School before joining Action Aid-The Gambia
>in
> >1986.
> >
> >At Action Aid, Sanyang served in the Donor- Liaison Unit, Research
> >Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Development and Communication Unit
> >
> >In 1995 he resigned on health grounds but subsequently secured a job at
>the
> >Village Savings and Credit Association, VISACA, as monitoring and
> >evaluation
> >officer.
> >At the end of that contract, Sanyang went into consultancy until his new
> >appointment at the Daily Observer.
> >Asked to comment on his new job in relation to the impartiality of the
> >Daily
> >Observer’s editorial line, Sanyang said: “I know that the press should be
> >independent, objective and neutral. These principles I want to uphold. I
> >will not throw spanners in the wheel of press freedom. If the paper was
> >being viewed as objective, I will work to consolidate and improve on
>that.
> >This is my intention.”
> >
> >On whether he had any media experience the new Daily Observer editor
>said:
> >“If you look at my work experience at Action Aid, the job of a
>development
> >liaison officer is to prepare project proposals for funding. This
>entailed
> >not only preparing project, but receiving progress report from various
> >project managers for onwards transmission to donors. This entailed
>editing
> >and verification of reports.
> >“Additionally at Action Aid, we had a publication team that publishes a
> >development newspaper called Yiriwa Kibaroo. I was an editor and
>secretary
> >to this newspaper. I also received in-house-training in news writing and
> >editing.”
> >
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