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    NAM Aspirant Bubacarr FM Colley vows to wage war against environmental pollution if elected
    GunjurOnline
    • Feb 17
    • 2 min

    NAM Aspirant Bubacarr FM Colley vows to wage war against environmental pollution if elected

    POLITICS: National Assembly Aspirant Bubacarr FM Colley vows to wage war against environmental pollution if elected NAM for Kombo South...
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    FEATURED: Road To Bissau - Mustapha Dumbuya
    Written by Mustapha Dumbuya
    • Feb 16
    • 4 min

    FEATURED: Road To Bissau - Mustapha Dumbuya

    FEATURED: Road To Bissau ( 11th-14th February,2022). It is with utmost greatness and elation to relay this remarkable accomplishment with...
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    ST and Global Properties sign Brand Ambassador partnership
    GunjurOnline
    • Jan 15
    • 1 min

    ST and Global Properties sign Brand Ambassador partnership

    Earlier today, one of Gambia’s biggest Real Estate developer, Global Properties has signed a Brand Ambassador partnership with Gambia’s...
    191 views0 comments
    Environmental Tears: Economic growth vs Tree growth | Gunjur Online
    Written by Mustapha Dumbuya
    • Nov 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Environmental Tears: Economic growth vs Tree growth | Gunjur Online

    Infrastructural development is key in boosting economic growth, enhancing industrialization, and promote modernity. The current...
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    A two day capacity building workshop for Environmental Advocacy Groups ended in Gunjur today
    GunjurOnline
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    A two day capacity building workshop for Environmental Advocacy Groups ended in Gunjur today

    Greenpeace Africa has completed a two days Capacity Building with Gambia Environmental Advocacy Groups on Sunday, 7th November 2021.
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    TAF City: Foundation stone laid for a new city in Gunjur
    GunjurOnline
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    TAF City: Foundation stone laid for a new city in Gunjur

    Gambian President H.E Adama Barrow has today laid the foundation stone for a brand new smart city in Gunjur to be built by TAF Africa Global
    827 views0 comments
    Why President Barrow’s Threat To Go Rogue Constitute a Self-Inflicting Hinderance Rather Than a Help
    Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
    • Aug 29, 2021
    • 6 min

    Why President Barrow’s Threat To Go Rogue Constitute a Self-Inflicting Hinderance Rather Than a Help

    Continuous politicking is a permanent fixture in any democracy. Without such, there will be no democratic counterbalance to the...
    55 views0 comments
    Commentary: Saving the Planet While Ignoring Two Thirds of It
    Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter and the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Commentary: Saving the Planet While Ignoring Two Thirds of It

    For centuries, humanity has viewed the ocean as a metaphor for infinity. The assumption was—and frankly still is for many people—that the...
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    Operation “Go Green” Tree Planting Exercise ends in Gunjur
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Operation “Go Green” Tree Planting Exercise ends in Gunjur

    A massive tree planting exercise has ended in Gunjur on Saturday. The event which was organised by the Gunjur Youth Movement was attended...
    72 views0 comments
    Press Release: The FIRST screening of STOLEN FISH (featuring ST's song) across Africa / 20-24 July
    GunjurOnline
    • Jul 17, 2021
    • 8 min

    Press Release: The FIRST screening of STOLEN FISH (featuring ST's song) across Africa / 20-24 July

    Press Release: The FIRST screening of STOLEN FISH (featuring ST's song) across Africa / 20-24 July at Accra Indie Film Fest / a...
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    Op-ed: When greed shoots through the roof!
    Basidia M Drammeh
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Op-ed: When greed shoots through the roof!

    As the nation reels from its nightmarish natural disaster, certain members of Gambia’s business community are taking advantage of the...
    77 views0 comments
    Strong winds cause massive distruption in and around Gunjur
    GunjurOnline
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Strong winds cause massive distruption in and around Gunjur

    Last night, strong winds caused severe damages to properties in and around Gunjur. Services are also severely disrupted due to damages to...
    283 views0 comments
    Feature: The Migrants’ Minstrel
    Marta Montojo
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Feature: The Migrants’ Minstrel

    Sometimes beauty hides in dark corners. For Francesco Taskayali that beauty was to be found on detention ships anchored in the...
    55 views0 comments
    Injunction granted barring Golden Lead from women vegetable garden at Gunjur beach
    GunjurOnline
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Injunction granted barring Golden Lead from women vegetable garden at Gunjur beach

    The High Court has today granted plaintiffs an injunction against Golden Lead over proposed expansion of the factory’s operations into a...
    601 views0 comments
    Gun threat on the life of environmental activist Ahmed Manjang
    GunjurOnline
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Gun threat on the life of environmental activist Ahmed Manjang

    As the December 4th presidential election edges ever closer, tensions are rising as the stakes get higher. GunjurOnline is gravely...
    423 views0 comments
    Breaking: Golden Lead resumes expansion works despite NEA “Stop Notice”
    GunjurOnline
    • May 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Breaking: Golden Lead resumes expansion works despite NEA “Stop Notice”

    The notorious Chinese Fishmeal processing plant on the shores of Gunjur has on Wednesday resumed expansion works at Gunjur beach.,...
    358 views0 comments
    Opinion: Worsening state of seafarers
    Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter and the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project
    • May 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Opinion: Worsening state of seafarers

    In the Suez Canal, a sideways-turned ship led to a $10 billion traffic-jam. In the Port of LA, a Covid-induced bottleneck of dozens of...
    32 views0 comments
    Malang Jarjue: The facts surrounding the death of 13 year old in Gunjur
    GunjurOnline
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Malang Jarjue: The facts surrounding the death of 13 year old in Gunjur

    Social media has been awash with news of a missing 13 year old boy from Gunjur and the subsequent discovery of a body in the last few...
    1,587 views0 comments
    BREAKING: Golden Lead issued a “Stop Notice”, ordered to evacuate all equipments by NEA
    GunjurOnline
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    BREAKING: Golden Lead issued a “Stop Notice”, ordered to evacuate all equipments by NEA

    The National Environment Agency (NEA) has issued Golden Lead, a Chinese Fishmeal plant on the shores of Gunjur with a “Stop Notice” with...
    2,774 views0 comments
    Opinion: Has the sovereignty of The Gambia been sold?
    Buba Ceesay, Gunjur
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 4 min

    Opinion: Has the sovereignty of The Gambia been sold?

    Has the sovereignty of The Gambia been sold? Looking at the way events have been unfolding recently in our Motherland the Gambia, I am...
    112 views0 comments
    Opinion: The Sanyang Incident, could it fester to Gunjur?
    Omar Haruna Bah
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opinion: The Sanyang Incident, could it fester to Gunjur?

    The Sanyang Incident, could it fester to Gunjur? Sometimes it is too depressing to be from The Gambia or to love the Gambia so much. I...
    98 views0 comments
    Featured: The Smell of money by Ian Urbina
    Ian Urbina
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 18 min

    Featured: The Smell of money by Ian Urbina

    The smell of money by Ian Urbina Gunjur, a town of some fifteen thousand people, sits on the Atlantic coastline of southern Gambia, the...
    222 views0 comments
    Breaking: Kombo Sanyang in flames as natives clash with Senegalese folks as one dies
    GunjurOnline
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Breaking: Kombo Sanyang in flames as natives clash with Senegalese folks as one dies

    Breaking: Kombo Sanyang in flames as natives clash with Senegalese folks as one dies Information reaching GunjurOnline confirms the death...
    647 views0 comments
    #Breaking: Golden Lead encroachment into women vegetable garden halted as pressure mounts
    GunjurOnline
    • Mar 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    #Breaking: Golden Lead encroachment into women vegetable garden halted as pressure mounts

    Breaking: Golden Lead encroachment into women vegetable garden halted as pressure mounts on the controversial company GunjuurOnline can...
    408 views0 comments
    Wally: Covid-19 is Good for the Environment
    Yero S. Bah
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Wally: Covid-19 is Good for the Environment

    In an exclusive interview with GunjurOnline, Mr. Wally M. Faal alias Wole has revealed that the coronavirus is having a positive impact...
    66 views0 comments
    Dr Ceesay: Corruption has increased in The Gambia
    GunjurOnline
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Dr Ceesay: Corruption has increased in The Gambia

    Government sector corruption in the Barrow government has increased and continue to be a concern, according to Dr Ismaila Ceesay of...
    130 views0 comments
    Gambia needs a comprehensive Waste disposal system, says a American Environmental Intern in Gunjur
    Yero S. Bah
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Gambia needs a comprehensive Waste disposal system, says a American Environmental Intern in Gunjur

    Environmentalists worldwide are crisscrossing the globe in a bid to gather scientific environmental data and evidence in order to devise...
    219 views0 comments
    Red Star Company Gives Tech Assistance To Gunjur Conservation And Ecotourism Association
    GunjurOnline
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Red Star Company Gives Tech Assistance To Gunjur Conservation And Ecotourism Association

    Red Star company, a Gunjur based Environmental cleaning company engaged in providing a range of services including but not limited to...
    93 views0 comments
    Mustapha Manneh has been nominated as 2020 Activist of the year
    GunjurOnline
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Mustapha Manneh has been nominated as 2020 Activist of the year

    Mustapha Manneh, Kartong based journalist and activist has been nominated as 2020 Activist of the year by Africans Risiing. Mustapha is...
    131 views0 comments
    Speed bumps installed as four dies due to RTAs
    GunjurOnline
    • Jan 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Speed bumps installed as four dies due to RTAs

    The youths and community leaders in the sprawling coastal settlement of Gunjur have finally taken the lead in the installation of speed...
    146 views0 comments
    UDP leader vows to end Chinese exploitation in key speech
    GunjurOnline
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    UDP leader vows to end Chinese exploitation in key speech

    The type of environmental destruction and exploitation of resources undertaken by Chinese Golden Lead company in Gunjur will not be...
    214 views0 comments
    Gunjur Youth for Environment Holds Talks with British High Commissioner on Environment
    Yero S. Bah
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Gunjur Youth for Environment Holds Talks with British High Commissioner on Environment

    The rapid loss of the Gambia’s flora and fauna is a grave concern to many environmentalists especially for the members of the Gunjur...
    74 views0 comments
    Senegal-Gambia: The Controversial Fishing Agreement!
    Yero S. Bah
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Senegal-Gambia: The Controversial Fishing Agreement!

    The residents of the coastal villages of the Kombo South and North settlements are always in the spotlight as frequent confrontations...
    186 views0 comments
    Ahmad Manjang: Turtles are Seriously Endangered Species
    Yero S. Bah
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ahmad Manjang: Turtles are Seriously Endangered Species

    The challenges posed by Climate Change and Environmental Degradation are not only a threat to human life but wild life too as some...
    174 views0 comments
    300 Sea Turtle hatchlings released into sea in Gunjur on Saturday
    GunjurOnline
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    300 Sea Turtle hatchlings released into sea in Gunjur on Saturday

    The Gunjur Conservation Society on Saturday evening released over 300 turtle hatchlings into their natural habitat at Gunjur beach. The...
    197 views0 comments
    Kebba K Barrow defies calls to take on Golden Lead, as environmental saga festers
    Sainey Darboe
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kebba K Barrow defies calls to take on Golden Lead, as environmental saga festers

    Majority leader at the National Assembly and Kombo South representative, Kebba K. Barrow, has dismissed calls to put a halt to operations...
    248 views0 comments
    Commonwealth: Gambia-Commonwealth Focal Person Shares Office Activities in The Gambia
    By Yero S. Bah
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Commonwealth: Gambia-Commonwealth Focal Person Shares Office Activities in The Gambia

    Thursday, 01 October | GunjurOnline The Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC) focal person for the Gambia Mr. Badara Bajo has...
    77 views0 comments
    Mustapha Manneh Deplores Environmental Damages in Kombo South
    GunjurOnline
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Mustapha Manneh Deplores Environmental Damages in Kombo South

    Sunday 27 September | By Yero S. Bah It is an open secret that Kombo South and North settlements such as Kartong, Gunjur, Tanji and...
    170 views0 comments
    Red Star Family Company teams up with SUNU REEW and Wahktan Gambia to clean up EFSTH Sanatorium
    GunjurOnline
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Red Star Family Company teams up with SUNU REEW and Wahktan Gambia to clean up EFSTH Sanatorium

    Monday 21 September | GunjurOnline Red Star Family Company, Founded by USA based Gunjurian Yankuba Darboe, a lawn mowing, tree cutting,...
    59 views0 comments
    Abubacarr Touray: Sand Mining Threatens Women Gardeners’ Livelihoods in Gunjur Village
    GunjurOnline
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Abubacarr Touray: Sand Mining Threatens Women Gardeners’ Livelihoods in Gunjur Village

    Monday 21 September | Yero S.Bah Abubacarr Touray: Sand Mining Threatens Women Gardeners’ Livelihoods in Gunjur Village The...
    106 views0 comments
    Faback Gibba: The Gambia College student’s Thesis reveals decline in tourism in Gunjur
    GunjurOnline
    • Sep 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    165 views0 comments
    Baboucarr E. Camara: Gunjur Waste Recycler Recollects Efforts to Mitigate Environmental Degradation
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Baboucarr E. Camara: Gunjur Waste Recycler Recollects Efforts to Mitigate Environmental Degradation

    Environment: 23 August | Yero S. Bah Baboucarr E. Camara: Gunjur Waste Recycler Recollects Efforts to Mitigate Environmental Degradation...
    111 views0 comments
    Over 1000 trees planted as GYM embarked upon the third phase of operation Green-up Gunjur crusade
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Over 1000 trees planted as GYM embarked upon the third phase of operation Green-up Gunjur crusade

    Environment: 22 August | GunjurOnline Gunjur Youth Movement (GYM) under the leadership of youth and environmental activist, Sulayman...
    75 views0 comments
    Editorial: Fisheries Minister James Gomez MUST resign, NOW!
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Editorial: Fisheries Minister James Gomez MUST resign, NOW!

    Saturday 22 August | GunjurOnline Editorial: Fisheries Minister James Gomez MUST resign, NOW! The video showing the disgraced Gambian...
    475 views0 comments
    Gambian Fisheries Minister James Gomez caught wining and dining with owners of Golden Lead
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Gambian Fisheries Minister James Gomez caught wining and dining with owners of Golden Lead

    Saturday 22 August | Ebrima Janneh The owners of the Chinese Fish Meal Factory - Golden Lead who are the source of the most egregious...
    1,428 views0 comments
    Mai Ahmad Fatty: Golden Lead Fishmeal factory must be closed
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mai Ahmad Fatty: Golden Lead Fishmeal factory must be closed

    Gambia: 12 August | GunjurOnline The leader of The Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) Party, Hon. Mai Ahmad Fatty has called for the closure of...
    189 views0 comments
    Natures cry: A Poem by Zainab Janneh
    GunjurOnline
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Natures cry: A Poem by Zainab Janneh

    Natures cry Long ago, when there was still magic, there lived twin sisters called Willa and Willow. They lived in the city of Evangeline...
    165 views0 comments
    LETTER TO THE DIRECTORS OF GAMWORKS: JAMBANJELLY NEEDS AN URGENT RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD DISASTER
    GunjurOnline
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    LETTER TO THE DIRECTORS OF GAMWORKS: JAMBANJELLY NEEDS AN URGENT RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD DISASTER

    Thursday 23 July | Open Letter to GAMWORKS | Saihou Jeng It is not unknown to you that every development project must be preceded by an...
    196 views0 comments
    Adama Jarjue: Daughters of Gambia Motivates Girls in Education and Environmental Awareness
    GunjurOnline
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Adama Jarjue: Daughters of Gambia Motivates Girls in Education and Environmental Awareness

    Wednesday 22 July | Yero S. Bah It is an old adage that, behind every successful man there is a woman and women constitute over half of...
    496 views0 comments
    Development Should Not Be A Curse For People
    GunjurOnline
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Development Should Not Be A Curse For People

    Wednesday 22 July | Yero S. Bah The community of Jambanjelly in Kombo South on Tuesday held a meeting with authorities from GAMWORKS over...
    47 views0 comments

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