Freedom Newspaper: "Award for Jammeh? For What? What’s wrong with Suiwabou Conateh of the News and Report Magazine? Has Jammeh bribed or intimidated him or what? We are just curious. Suwaibou Conateh of all Suwaibou Conateh has betrayed the Gambian Media fraternity by trying to bury the truth. The qualities attributed to Jammeh in that misguided and cooked up award were figment of Suwaibou’s own imagination. We are for real. Conateh has mortgaged his fine legacy over night by issuing such an ward to Yahya Jammeh. History is going to judge Suwaibou Conateh very badly. We mean very badly."
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.