Buba Baldeh

Buba Sidiki Michael Baldeh (11 November 1953 - 8 July 2014) was a Gambian politician, journalist and editor. He was a former managing editor of The Daily Observer, a Gambian daily newspaper, from 2000 to 2002. Baldeh was also a former member of the National Assembly of the Gambia from 1982 to 1985 and 1987-1994 during the first Gambian republic.

Arrest During the 1994 coup by Yahya Jammeh, Baldeh aligned himself with the APRC party. However, his relationship with the APRC weakened after he was arrested by the National Intelligence Agency in 2004. Baldeh was exonerated of the charges in June 2005.

Exile After an attempted coup by Ndure Chum in 2006, Baldeh moved and lived in exile in Senegal from 2006 until his death in 2014. He died in Dakar, Senegal, on 8 July 2014 from stomach pains. The former president Jammeh denied Baldeh from being buried in The country. He was buried In Madina Gounass, Senegal.