Career
He was a former managing editor of The Daily Observer, a Gambian daily newspaper, from 2000 to 2002. He also held the portfolio of Minister of Youth and Sports from 1992 until 1994. His tenure as an Member of Parliament ended with the 1994 Gambian coup d"état.
Baldeh was born in Basse Mansajang, Upper River Division, Gambia.
He lived exile in neighboring Senegal from 2006 until his death in 2014. He died in Dakar, Senegal, on July 9, 2014.
He had been suffering from stomach pains for several days after returning from a conference in Nigeria.
