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Journey Of Young Gambian Actor From Sandy Streets Of Brufut To Starring In Nollywood Movies With…
By Landing Ceesay
The journey of Musa Darboe Junior, a 24-year-old Gambian actor, scriptwriter and the youngest film producer in the country who rose from the sandy streets of Brufut to featuring in 3 Nollywood movies alongside…
Stakeholders Recommend Arming Private Security Personnel With Guns, Cutlasses
By Buba Gagigo
Managing Directors of two local security firms recommended their personnel be armed with guns or cutlasses amid surge in attacks.
The recommendation for the Government of The Gambia to allow personnel of the local…
African Leaders Urged To Build Capacity Of Healthcare Givers
By Alieu Ceesay
African leaders have been urged to focus on building the capacity of the healthcare sector by training more healthcare providers in different specialties to keep the citizens healthy and productive.
The…
Mother Had To Withdraw Kids From School After Losing Livelihood For Opposing Jammeh
By Kebba Jeffang
A fifty-six-year-old mother, Kumba Kora, has withdrawn all her three school-going children because she couldn’t afford their education.
Hailing from Tambasangsang in the Upper River Region,…
A Journey Home; A Journey to Recovery
On a sunny, humid day in April 2017, a plane carrying 170 Gambians from Libya touched down at the Banjul International Airport. First to step onto the tarmac – after four months of hardship in Libya’s capital and an even…
Coronavirus fears spark panic buying and price gouging
By Arfang M.S. Camara
In many parts of the country, traders are charging exorbitant prices for essential items in times of high-demand, especially basic food items. This is sparked by panic buying triggered by consumer fears over…
Barra: A coastal community in shock and disbelief
By Mustapha K Darboe
Forty-nine-old Kebba Bojang sat on a sofa in his parlour with his wife Katty Joh. In their house were dozens of mourners. Bojang who lives and works in Kombo returned to Barra to console his wife on the death of…
Faraba Bantang: a cry of justice met with silence
Kerr Fatou revisits Faraba Bantang one year, six months after the deadly shootings by paramilitary officers that left 3 dead and over a dozen injured.
By Mustapha K Darboe
It is New Gambia, a term that suggests a new start for the small…
A father who comes home with a gift to find his son in mortuary
Two decades, two administrations— victims of April 10 and 11, 2000 student protest ask one question: Will there be justice?
By Mustapha K Darboe
On April 9, 2000, a break from the serenity Gambia enjoyed after the 1981 botched coup was…
Kombo South: From fighting to save environment to fighting for survival
The three fishmeal factories in Kombo South have a combined demand of 75 million kilos of fish a month. In this story, Kerr Fatou follows disputes between the natives of the Kombo South and the fishmeal factories and mining companies.…