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Gambiana Editorial: Enforcing rental laws to protect vulnerable tenants
January 1, 2025
The tenant-landlord crisis in The Gambia has become a
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December 29, 2023
Today (29 December) we celebrate our fifth
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December 29, 2022
Today we celebrate our fourth anniversary. Four years
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Court sentences Ismaila Janneh to death for Brufut fatal stabbing
The High Court has sentenced Ismaila Janneh to death after finding him guilty of murdering Alieu Jallow during a knife attack in Brufut Ghana Town in December 2023. Delivering judgment, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Janneh fatally stabbed Jallow in the back[Read More…]
Opinion
Remembering Gabriel J. Roberts: The educator, writer and statesman who shaped a nation
The Writers’ Association of The Gambia mourns, with profound sorrow, the passing of Gabriel John Roberts — better known across generations of Gambian letters as Gabriel J. Roberts — a founding father of modern Gambian literature, a distinguished educationist, and one of the last living links to the pioneering literary movement that[Read More…]
Comment
Opinion: Essa Faal’s comment on UTG graduates’ English skills is not entirely wrong
Essa Faal is not entirely wrong. If you look at the grammar in most of the responses, one can only pity them. English has never been the strong side for many Gambians, and this stems mainly from the poor quality of teachers we have in our schools. Most of them[Read More…]
Africa
Senegal’s President Diomaye Faye elected ECOWAS chairman
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the bloc’s 69th Ordinary Session in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The 46-year-old succeeds Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio and assumes the leadership of the 12-member regional bloc at a pivotal[Read More…]
Culture
Former IEC chairman and literary pioneer Gabriel J. Roberts dies at 100
Former chairman of The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Gabriel John Roberts, has died at the age of 100, bringing to a close the life of one of the country’s most respected public servants, educators and literary pioneers. His death on Monday, 20 July, was announced by the Writers’ Association[Read More…]
Sport
Alasana Yirajang scores stunning overhead kick as Slovan Bratislava beat Iberia
Gambian winger Alasana Yirajang produced a moment of brilliance, scoring a spectacular overhead kick to inspire Slovan Bratislava to a 2-0 victory over Georgian champions Iberia in the first leg of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Slovan Bratislava took the lead in the 25th minute through Andraž[Read More…]
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Gambiana Spotlight: Neneh Cheyasine Kebe
In our second Gambiana Spotlight interview, chief reporter Adama Makasuba sits down with politician and philanthropist Neneh Cheyasine Kebe, who is seeking the country’s vice-presidential seat. In the exclusive interview, she sets out why she believes Gambians should give her and her PPP–Golden Era movement the mandate to govern in[Read More…]
Business
Dangote to invest $2bn in Gambia with solar plant and fuel storage project
Africa’s richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, has pledged to invest US$2 billion in The Gambia in what the government describes as one of the country’s biggest private sector investment commitments. The announcement followed a meeting between President Adama Barrow and the President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group at the[Read More…]
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