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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
Gambiana Editorial: The debate over lavish spending and social responsibility in The Gambia
December 29, 2024
The recent actions of Neneh Kebe, a Gambian
Message from Gambiana’s founder and managing editor
December 29, 2023
Today (29 December) we celebrate our fifth
Happy Birthday Gambiana!
December 29, 2022
Today we celebrate our fourth anniversary. Four years
Message from Gambiana’s founder and managing editor
December 29, 2021
Today (29 December) we celebrate our third
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Sweeping gold fraud probe rocks Gambia as $3.6m UAE deal unravels
A major transnational gold trading scandal has triggered a sweeping investigation by law enforcement agencies and financial regulators in The Gambia, following allegations that a United Arab Emirates commodities firm was defrauded in a sophisticated scheme involving fake bullion, forged certificates, and large-scale financial manipulation. Court documents filed at the[Read More…]
Opinion
Opinion | In the country of Dawda Jawara, I encountered the Africa we keep betraying
I arrived in The Gambia carrying the usual luggage of diplomacy: folders, notes, carefully rehearsed interventions and the invisible exhaustion that follows those who spend their lives defending causes the world has learned to postpone indefinitely. Officially, I had come to participate in the presentation of the periodic report of the[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 unveils new government as PM Ahmadou Alamine Mohamed Lo forms cabinet
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has officially unveiled Senegal’s new government, ending days of speculation following the appointment of Prime Minister Ahmadou Alamine Mohamed Lo last week. In a decree signed on Monday, President Faye appointed 26 ministers and four ministers attached to key ministries, retaining several prominent figures in strategic[Read More…]
Culture
Sona Jobarteh packs Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with sold-out show
More than 2,100 fans are set to attend tonight’s sold-out concert by Gambian kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh at the prestigious Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Hamburg. The performance, taking place on the venue’s 18th floor, underscores Jobarteh’s rising global profile, as audiences continue to embrace her unique fusion of traditional Manding music[Read More…]
Sport
Ebrima Singhateh joins AC Sparta Praha on four-year deal
Gambian forward Ebrima Singhateh has completed a move to Czech giants AC Sparta Praha, signing a contract that will keep him at the club until 2030. Confirming the transfer, Sparta Praha said “Ebrima Singhateh is joining Sparta. The twenty-two-year-old winger and one of the league’s best dribblers has signed a[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
Sweeping gold fraud probe rocks Gambia as $3.6m UAE deal unravels
A major transnational gold trading scandal has triggered a sweeping investigation by law enforcement agencies and financial regulators in The Gambia, following allegations that a United Arab Emirates commodities firm was defrauded in a sophisticated scheme involving fake bullion, forged certificates, and large-scale financial manipulation. Court documents filed at the[Read More…]
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