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Lawmaker rages against cancellation of Inter-School competition

Lawmaker rages against cancellation...

MP for Old Yundum constituency has raged...

Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi Wine and wife’s house arrest

Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi...

The Ugandan authorities must immediately...

Opinion | The unholy alliance of Gambian intellectuals and cyber activists in the exploitation of tribal faultlines

Opinion | The unholy alliance of Ga...

The brand of what we call “public intellectualism...

Musa Barrow named Bologna fans’ player of the year

Musa Barrow named Bologna fans’ p...

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    January 9, 2019
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  • Opinion | The unholy alliance of Gambian intellectuals and cyber activists in the exploitation of tribal faultlines

    Opinion | The unholy alliance of Gambian intellectuals and cyber activists in the exploitation of tribal faultlines

    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…]

  • Lawmaker rages against cancellation of Inter-School competition

    Lawmaker rages against cancellation of Inter-School competition

    MP for Old Yundum constituency has raged against decision to cancel Inter- School sporting competition.  Abdoulie Ceesay questioned who authorised the cancellation of the school competition when the football league was allowed to host games.  Mr. Ceesay said he sees no sense in cancelling the school sporting events when political rallies[Read More…]

  • 12 new coronavirus cases recorded

    12 new coronavirus cases recorded

    Another 12 coronavirus cases have been recorded across Gambia in the past 24 hours, according to new data from the Ministry of Health.  Seven of the 12 new coronavirus cases were people seeking testing for the purpose of travelling. Modou Njai, the Director of Health Promotion and Education at the[Read More…]

  • Talented Senegalese student who went missing in France apologised

    Talented Senegalese student who went missing in France apologised

    A gifted Senegalese student and novelist who was reported missing in France has said she was on “a little break to regain her senses” in a letter shared with a government minister. Diary Sow, 20, did not return to school in Paris after the Christmas holidays, causing concern in Senegal[Read More…]

  • Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi Wine and wife’s house arrest

    Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi Wine and wife’s house arrest

    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…]

News

Residents praise Jah Oil for ending ‘criminality’ in Wellingara

Residents praise Jah Oil for ending ‘criminality’ in Wellingara

January 21, 2021 — 0 comments

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…]

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    IEC blames government for the delay in voter registration

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  • Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark case over MPs D54m loan

    Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark case over MPs D54m loan

    January 20, 2021 — 0 comments
  • Transport Union chief denounces road testing for drivers

    Transport Union chief denounces road testing for drivers

    January 20, 2021 — 1 comment
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    Senior Gambia navy officer dies

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Opinion

Opinion | The unholy alliance of Gambian intellectuals and cyber activists in the exploitation of tribal faultlines

Opinion | The unholy alliance of Gambian intellectuals and cyber activists in the exploitation of tribal faultlines

January 24, 2021 — 0 comments

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…]

  • Donald Trump: First President in 152 tears to shun his successor’s inauguration

    Donald Trump: First President in 152 tears to shun his successor’s inauguration

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  • A Rejoinder: Sidia Jatta’s Interview with Fatu Network

    A Rejoinder: Sidia Jatta’s Interview with Fatu Network

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  • Opinion | The West will be quiet over President Museveni’s election steal. Here’s why

    Opinion | The West will be quiet over President Museveni’s election steal. Here’s why

    January 17, 2021 — 0 comments
  • Opinion | Bobi Wine is most likely not to win because the election will be rigged in favour of Museveni

    Opinion | Bobi Wine is most likely not to win because the election will be rigged in favour of Museveni

    January 15, 2021 — 0 comments

Comment

Comment | Reflection on World Mental Health Day

Comment | Reflection on World Mental Health Day

October 10, 2020 — 0 comments

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…]

  • Remembering legendary anti-colonial campaigner and political leader Amilcar Cabral

    Remembering legendary anti-colonial campaigner and political leader Amilcar Cabral

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  • Open letter to President Barrow: free journalists and allow all radio stations to resume broadcasting

    Open letter to President Barrow: free journalists and allow all radio stations to resume broadcasting

    February 2, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Are we protecting our children from sexual abuse?

    Are we protecting our children from sexual abuse?

    January 21, 2020 — 0 comments
  • A public health perspective of road accidents in the Gambia

    A public health perspective of road accidents in the Gambia

    October 10, 2019 — 0 comments

Africa

Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi Wine and wife’s house arrest

Amnesty calls on Uganda to end Bobi Wine and wife’s house arrest

January 22, 2021 — 0 comments

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…]

  • Ghana ‘baby-harvesting syndicate’ arrested

    Ghana ‘baby-harvesting syndicate’ arrested

    January 21, 2021 — 0 comments
  • WHO chief warns of ‘moral failure’ in vaccine distribution

    WHO chief warns of ‘moral failure’ in vaccine distribution

    January 18, 2021 — 0 comments
  • Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni declared election winner

    Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni declared election winner

    January 16, 2021 — 0 comments
  • Hunger strike saves Guinean from deportation

    Hunger strike saves Guinean from deportation

    January 15, 2021 — 0 comments

Culture

Remembering the late Sheikh Omar Fye, religious scholar, businessman and politician

Remembering the late Sheikh Omar Fye, religious scholar, businessman and politician

December 16, 2020 — 0 comments

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…]

  • American couple announces massive investment in Gambian music industry

    American couple announces massive investment in Gambian music industry

    November 15, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Culture | The rituals of baby naming ceremony in our culture — Xam saa chosanii  ngenteh

    Culture | The rituals of baby naming ceremony in our culture — Xam saa chosanii ngenteh

    October 24, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Poems | Various Uncertainties (The Quartet) by Onyekachi Okorie

    Poems | Various Uncertainties (The Quartet) by Onyekachi Okorie

    October 3, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Commemorating Tamxarit or Day of Ashura

    Commemorating Tamxarit or Day of Ashura

    August 26, 2020 — 0 comments

Sport

Musa Barrow named Bologna fans’ player of the year

Musa Barrow named Bologna fans’ player of the year

December 30, 2020 — 0 comments

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…]

  • CAF fines GFF $100,000 over Gabon players airport treatment

    CAF fines GFF $100,000 over Gabon players airport treatment

    December 14, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Senegal mourns football hero Papa Bouba Diop

    Senegal mourns football hero Papa Bouba Diop

    December 5, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Young Scorpions defeat Senegal in thrilling WAFU final

    Young Scorpions defeat Senegal in thrilling WAFU final

    November 30, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Senegal World Cup hero Papa Bouba Diop dies aged 42

    Senegal World Cup hero Papa Bouba Diop dies aged 42

    November 29, 2020 — 0 comments

Video

Inside look at Senegal’s new religion where the leader claimed to be a prophet and built his own Kaaba

Inside look at Senegal’s new religion where the leader claimed to be a prophet and built his own Kaaba

January 17, 2021 — 0 comments

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…]

  • Video: Controversial Senegalese cleric leads prayers in Fula language

    Video: Controversial Senegalese cleric leads prayers in Fula language

    December 14, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Gambia outlaws public smoking

    Gambia outlaws public smoking

    November 20, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Zimbabwean transgender woman explains relationship with Gambian toy boy

    Zimbabwean transgender woman explains relationship with Gambian toy boy

    October 4, 2020 — 0 comments
  • 5 Facts You Don’t Know About The Gambia

    5 Facts You Don’t Know About The Gambia

    June 5, 2020 — 0 comments

Business

Jah Oil Company fined nearly D1 million for ‘illegal’ petrol stations

Jah Oil Company fined nearly D1 million for ‘illegal’ petrol stations

January 15, 2021 — 0 comments

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…]

  • Gambia’s economy shrink; restaurants and hotels hit hard by Covid-19

    Gambia’s economy shrink; restaurants and hotels hit hard by Covid-19

    December 7, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Energy minster partakes in Africa oil and gas  summit

    Energy minster partakes in Africa oil and gas summit

    October 12, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Banks suspend Saturday hours due to coronavirus

    Banks suspend Saturday hours due to coronavirus

    August 8, 2020 — 0 comments
  • Livestock dealers’ say scarcity of rams could hit Gambia ahead of ‘Tobaski’

    Livestock dealers’ say scarcity of rams could hit Gambia ahead of ‘Tobaski’

    July 17, 2020 — 0 comments

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