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 ><[log in to unmask]> >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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >News >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Observer gets new editor >By Ebrima Jaw Manneh >Jan 14, 2005, 10:30 > >Email this article >Printer friendly page > > >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. 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