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Triple C Receives Prestigious Award from Ministry of Higher Education
In a significant milestone for Triple C of Kartong, the institution has been awarded a grant of 282,240 Dalasi (approximately €4,000)...
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Feb 282 min read
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Gunjur LBS Kitchen & Dining Hall Project Receives Boost from Kombo Sillah Association - UK
The Gunjur Lower Basic School Kitchen & Dining Hall Project has taken a significant step forward with the receipt of One Hundred and...
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Feb 182 min read
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BE REELGraduates Cohort 4: Celebrating Tenth Workshop and Expanding Opportunities
In a significant milestone for business education in Gunjur, BE REEL has on Saturday, 1st February 2025 successfully completed Workshop...
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Feb 12 min read
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Aja Mariama Dabo and Fabakary Jammeh Enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of The Gambia
Gunjur - Today marks a momentous occasion for two young legal professionals as they were officially enrolled as Barristers and Solicitors...
Gunjur Online
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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𝐏𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐒𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Pa Modou Touray, son of Gunjur-born and Sweden-based MamaKaddy Bajo and Lamin Boy Njie Touray has been awarded a Master's degree in...
Gunjur Online
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬' 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
By Emil Gibba | Gunjur | 19 May 2024 The Village Development Committee VDC of Gunjur through its Subcommittee on Education conducted an...
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May 19, 20241 min read
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Are there no “Concern Lovers of Education” in Gunjur?
By Emil Gibba | 27 April 2024 Commendably, a group of youths in Gunjur who identified themselves as “Concern Sport Lovers of Gunjur”...
Gunjur Online
Apr 27, 20243 min read
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ONLINE EDUCATION IN THE GAMBIA: MISSED CHANCE OR GREAT OPPORTUNITY?
PRESS RELEASE: ONLINE EDUCATION IN THE GAMBIA: MISSED CHANCE OR GREAT OPPORTUNITY? Have you ever desired to learn or enhance your skills...
Gunjur Online
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Faback Gibba is Secretary General-Elect of SoSHA of the University of The Gambia
Faback Gibba, the son of Gunjur Ward Councillor, Hon. Momodou Charreh Gibba has been elected as the next Secretary General of Social...
Gunjur Online
Mar 9, 20242 min read
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Gunjur Literary And Debating Society-GLADS 3rd Edition Theatre Project ends at Benna Kunda
The 3rd Edition of “The GLADS-Benna Theatre Project” We did it again! On the 17th December 2023, Gunjur Literary And Debating...
Gunjur Online
Dec 29, 20233 min read
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Celebrating Diversity: The Inauguration of Gunjur's Inclusion Centre
On Thursday, 30th November 2023, the official opening ceremony of the Disability Africa's Inclusion Centre took place in Gunjur. The...
Simon Kretzschmar
Dec 13, 20233 min read
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Higher Education Minister presents Jaliba Kuyateh with Album from Goldsmiths University
Gambian Higher Education Minister, Professior Pierre Gomez presents Jaliba Kuyateh with his photo Album from Goldsmiths Univwrsity of...
Gunjur Online
Aug 5, 20231 min read
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UTG: Sabally faults Barrow in university sex scandal
President Barrow has created moral hazard by enabling mandarins in his government in the face of sex scandals. Speaking in an interview...
Sainey Darboe
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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Universities of The Gambia and Caen Normandy sign Academic and Digital Capacity Building Program
GAMBIA: The Challenge of Francophony in English-Speaking Zone To demonstrate its commitment to supporting the influence of the French...
Gunjur Online
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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Featured: Black influences in my community - Zainab Scattred Janneh
October is the month where we celebrate the black people who have inspired and influenced us. We have heard or learnt about influential...
Zainab Scattred-Janneh
Oct 24, 20227 min read
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The Covid Frontliner documentary to be shown at the Creative Youth Festival in Cape Town
Gambia: The Covid Frontliner documentary produced in The Gambia is to be screened at the Creative Youth Festival in Cape Town , South...
Gunjur Online
Aug 26, 20221 min read
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Omar Bojang: Personal Statement of an aspiring Medical Doctor
I like to think that the story of me is told in two parts. The first part long before me, and the second part long after me. Allow me to...
Gunjur Online
Mar 29, 20226 min read
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Gunjur is incredibly proud of Fatoumata Sowe and Mariama Jatta as the first Women Cadi in The Gambia
The story of Fatoumata Sowe and Mariama Jatta as the first women Cadi in the Gambia captured the zeitgeist of equality on grounds of...
Ebrima Scattred Janneh
Mar 8, 20223 min read
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USA based Faburama Darboe pledges D20,000 for Gunjur Development Association’s multi-purpose
Gunjur: USA based Faburama Darboe pledges D20,000 for Gunjur Development Association’s multi-purpose centre. Following a visit to the...
Gunjur Online
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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Gunjur duo score big in 2021 West African Senior School examination (WASSCE)
Momodou Lamin Waggeh and Mambuna Bojang Junior are all smiles as both scored fantastic grades in their Senior Secondary school...
Gunjur Online
Dec 13, 20211 min read
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Breaking: UTG appoints Ahmed Manjang as lecturer in Microbiology
Gunjur’s Microbiologist and environmental activist, Ahmed Manjang has been appointed as lecturer in Microbiology at School of Medicine...
Gunjur Online
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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Sixteen year old Tida Ebrima Scattred Janneh scores big in GCSE exams
Tida S Janneh is the talented daughter of GunjurOnline TV’s Dialogue With The Youths Show host Ebrima Scattred Janneh. As the U.K....
Gunjur Online
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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PROFILE: Mahawa Keita bags BA (Hons) in Textile Design
Gunjur’s Mahawa Keita, a wife and mother of four adds her name to the growing number of pacesetters in education as he bags a Textile...
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Jul 5, 20212 min read
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Pfrofile: Dr Ebrima FW Touray, BSN, RN, SRNA, PhD
Gunjur’s Ebrima Famara Wassa Touray has recently graduated with a PHD a in Anaesthesia from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
Gunjur Online
May 24, 20211 min read
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Commentary: My long-held dream finally came true!
The Gambia's Point newspaper has reported that the University of The Gambia, on Thursday 6 May 2021, gathered stakeholders to validate...
Basidia M Drammeh
May 11, 20212 min read
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Re: Congrats to Gunjur’s own Alhassan Darboe!
Congrats to Gunjur’s own Alhassan Darboe! Proud of you Alhassan. Now you are a Master’s graduate and your “parents never sat in a...
By Dida Jallow-Halake.
May 3, 20212 min read
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Featured: When the African child is punished for speaking their native language!
According to prominent educationist Carolyn Savage, “When children develop their mother tongue, they are simultaneously fostering a whole...
Basidia M Drammeh
Apr 16, 20212 min read
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A day long community journalism training ends in Gunjur
A training on community journalism for young people who are interested in the media in the sprawling seaside community of Gunjur has...
Gunjur Online
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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Book Review: The life Times of Sheikh Hatab Bojang (1931-1984)
The life Times of Sheikh Hatab Bojang (1931-1984) Book Review Sulayman Tumani Danjo, The Life Story of Sheikh Hatab Through The Lens of...
Book Review by: Hassoum Ceesay, ORG
Mar 10, 20214 min read
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PROFILE: Dr Yusupha Touray, Deputy Permanent Secretary - Technical, MoHERST
PROFILE: Dr Yusupha Touray, Deputy Permanent Secretary - Technical, MoHERST Yusupha Touray, commonly referred to as “Wahey” or “Star...
Gunjur Online
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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Biography of Sheikh Hattab Bojang, Part 1
Culled from “The Life Story of Sheikh Hattab Through the Lens of His Acquaintances” by Sheikh Sulayman Danjo” Translated by Basidia...
Basidia M Drammeh
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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“The Life Story of Sheikh Hattab Through the Lens of His Acquaintances”
“The Life Story of Sheikh Hattab Through the Lens of His Acquaintances” by the Gambian writer Sulayman Danjo Translated and reviewed by...
Basidia M Drammeh
Jan 22, 20214 min read
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Biography of Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe: The newly appointed President of the Supreme Islamic Council
Biography of Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe: The newly appointed President of The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council Compiled by: Sulayman Bin...
Gunjur Online
Jan 10, 20215 min read
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Gunjur Kene kene Jamengo to be considered a UNESCO World Heritage site
Gunjur Kene kene Jamengo is being considered as a UNESCO World Heritage site, according to sources close to the beach mosque....
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Jan 2, 20211 min read
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PROFILE: Moses Sanna Bass MSc
Born in Kombo Sanyang in 1993, Moses Sanna Bass grew up in Kombo Gunjur where his academic journey began. At age 17, he left Gunjur for...
Gunjur Online
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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Opinion: Lang Tombong’s Testimony revealed a scaring malaise in our national consciousness
Listening to Lang Tombong Tamba (LTT), I sensed, our nation need radical shift in civic education as well as conventional education. His...
Lamin Darboe, Leicester, UK
Dec 17, 20203 min read
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Opinion: Mandikanization of terms and concepts
Disclaimer: The use of the term "mandinkanization" does not mean that I am referring to the Mandinka language, per se. The term that I've...
Basidia M Drammeh
Dec 15, 20203 min read
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Top NCCE official: Youth unemployment threatens peace in the country
Elevated levels of unemployment in the mass of the youth demographic in The Gambia constitutes clear and present danger to peace and...
Gunjur Online
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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NCCE top official: Gambia is deeply divided by politics, tribalism
A program manager for National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), Yusupha Bojang, has offered the bleak assessment The Gambia is at risk...
Gunjur Online
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Education minister vows to defy Barrow over corruption
Higher education minister, Badara Joof, has vowed to defy president Barrow’s orders in his bid to root out corruption in the higher...
Gunjur Online
Dec 3, 20201 min read
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Book review: ‘Never doubt...’
From the title of the book,’Never Doubt’...one might be forgiven for nurturing aspirations of living by its meaning. But the experiences...
Gunjur Online
Nov 25, 20203 min read
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Zainab Scattred-Janneh: My opinion on the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
I came home from school and started asking my dad about boycott. He started to tell me about boycott in France. When I heard of the...
Zainab Scattred-Janneh
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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Ahmed Manjang: My target was to Lecture at UTG but ended up at MRC Gambia
Ahmad Manjang is a native of Gunjur who had his first Degree in Microbiology from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom...
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Oct 26, 20202 min read
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‘Gunjurians think Allah is their slave’, Seedy Ali Janneh bemoans as he issues call to national duty
There is no such thing as passive faith and Gunjur is better served by people commencing efforts to develop the community rather than...
Sainey Darboe
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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Prof. Saine lambasts UTG over poor management of Human Resources
Gambia News: Prof. Saine lambasts UTG over poor management of Human Resources Gambian professor, Dr. Abdoulie Saine, has roasted the...
Sainey Darboe
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Proposed new US immigration measures target Gambian students
Monday 28 September | By Sainey Darboe New measures announced by the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS), outlines changes to...
Gunjur Online
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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Sister’s Show: Feminism is not about bashing men
Thursday, 24 September | Sainey Darboe Amid greater advocacy for women’s rights which has led to the toppling of notable male captains of...
Gunjur Online
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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Faback Gibba: The Gambia College student’s Thesis reveals decline in tourism in Gunjur
Saturday 19 September | By Yero S. Bah Tourism plays a vital role in the lives and livelihoods of Gambians especially in the Kombo South...
Gunjur Online
Sep 19, 20202 min read
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The Sisters Show launches mentorship initiative
Friday, 18 September | Sainey Darboe Recognizing the gap in mentorship opportunities for immigrant communities and people of African...
Gunjur Online
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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Islamic teachers are citizens, too - Basidia M Drammeh
OPINION: Tuesday 25 August | Basidia M Drammeh Like everybody else, Arabic and Islamic teachers in the Gambia are going through extremely...
Gunjur Online
Aug 25, 20202 min read
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