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 <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>News
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>
>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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