Media & Journalism

Ndey Tapha Sosseh

Editor and journalists' union leader

Born 1979

Ndey Tapha Sosseh is a Gambian journalist and unionist who became editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer in 2004. She later led the Gambia Press Union and advocated for media freedom. After years in exile in Mali, she returned to The Gambia following the political transition of 2017.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Became the first woman editor-in-chief of a Gambian daily newspaper in 2004.

02Served as Gambia Press Union president from 2008 to 2011.

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Ndey Tapha Sosseh biography 02The Point: career profile

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