Lawmaker rages against cancellation...
MP for Old Yundum constituency has raged...
MP for Old Yundum constituency has raged...
The Ugandan authorities must immediately...
The brand of what we call “public intellectualism...
Gambian footballer Musa Barrow has been voted...
Residents of Wellingara have praised the embattled Jah Oil company for helping to end criminality in their area. Jah Oil company is currently facing a fine of nearly one million dalasi from the regulatory authority, PURA, for “illegally” constructing petrol stations in Wellingara and Kairaba Avenue. Now residents are rallying[Read More…]
The brand of what we call “public intellectualism and activism” obtaining in the Gambia today is often fashioned for the perpetuation of very narrow interests, including the exploitation of tribal fault lines for the political elite’s benefit. Such effort is rewarded by monetary gain, government jobs, or contracts of the[Read More…]
The death of (name withheld) in the Greater Banjul Area is another tragic event that has left five teenagers without a mother. One can’t begin to understand the grief and confusion those left behind are going through. I’ve been compelled to say something following the comments on the update, and[Read More…]
The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and release him and his wife Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi. This is an arbitrary detention, said Amnesty International as the post-election blockade entered its seventh day. Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, was[Read More…]
It’s been 61 years this December since the demised of Alhaji Sheikh Omar Fye, Gambian politician, JP and representative of the colony of The Gambia at the coronation of King George VI at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937. Sheikh Omar Futee was a famous scholar who travelled widely[Read More…]
Gambian footballer Musa Barrow has been voted as Bologna fans’ player of the year for 2020. After the club ran a poll featuring the prolific Gambian striker and three other standout Bologna players, Barrow was the overwhelming choice with 63% of the votes. On the club’s official Twitter account, they[Read More…]
An inside look at the new religion in Senegal where the leader claimed to be a prophet and built his own Kaaba in the village of Kolda. Serigne Al Hassane Mbacké Rouhou Lahi Baba Diné was arrested on Thursday on paedophilia and child abuse charges. Before his arrest, the controversial[Read More…]
Jah Oil Company has been fined nearly a million dalasi for “illegally” constructing and operating petrol stations in the country. The fines were made by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. In a statement the regulator said: “Following monitoring exercises regarding the construction and operation of Petrol Stations, Enforcement Action has[Read More…]
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