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    Faburama Darboe donates blood pressure monitor machine to Gunjur Health Centre
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    • Mar 30
    • 1 min

    Faburama Darboe donates blood pressure monitor machine to Gunjur Health Centre

    Faburama Darboe, also known as Kampung has donated a blood pressure monitor machine to the Gunjur Health Centre. The machine was...
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    Omar Bojang: Personal Statement of an aspiring Medical Doctor
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    • Mar 29
    • 6 min

    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...
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    Open letter to the Inspector General of Police
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    • Mar 7
    • 3 min

    Open letter to the Inspector General of Police

    Featured: Open letter to the Inspector General of Police | Gunjur Online Dear Sir, The spectacular increase of vehicles on the road has...
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    Commentary: Maternal mortality
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    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Commentary: Maternal mortality

    No women should die in pregnancy and during childbirth. The efficiency of a government, its healthcare system, and level of development...
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    Help Fatoumata Janneh Seek Medical Treatment In Senegal
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    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Help Fatoumata Janneh Seek Medical Treatment In Senegal

    Fatoumata Janneh is a 22 year old student from Gunjur, Kombo South, The Gambia. Fatoumata’s education and dream of going through school...
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    Opinion: Outrageous!
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    • Sep 18, 2021
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    Opinion: Outrageous!

    It has been reported that at least 200 expectant mothers have lost their lives in the Gambia between July 2020 to September 2021. The...
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    Op-Ed: The other side of the coin…COVID-19 resistance, susceptibility, and outcome
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    • Sep 8, 2021
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    Op-Ed: The other side of the coin…COVID-19 resistance, susceptibility, and outcome

    People wonder why some people, despite close and even intimate contact with a gravely ill COVID-19 patient, never get sick? The answer to...
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    USA based Gambian Binta Gassama donates diabetes medication to Gunjur Youths for Health (GYH)
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    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    USA based Gambian Binta Gassama donates diabetes medication to Gunjur Youths for Health (GYH)

    One of the biggest challenges facing diabetes and hypertensive patients in The Gambia is early diagnosis and when they are diagnosed,...
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    UDP COMMISERATION MESSAGE ON THE RAINSTORMS THAT CAUSED LOSS OF LIVES
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    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    UDP COMMISERATION MESSAGE ON THE RAINSTORMS THAT CAUSED LOSS OF LIVES

    UDP COMMISERATION MESSAGE ON THE RAINSTORMS THAT CAUSED LOSS OF LIVES AND SEVERE DAMAGES TO PROPERTIES ACROSS THE GAMBIA UDP stands in...
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    Portsmouth based Gunjurian boosts Gunjur Youths for Health
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    • Mar 25, 2021
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    Portsmouth based Gunjurian boosts Gunjur Youths for Health

    Kevin Tijan Touray on Wednesday donated medical uniforms to the Gunjur Youth for Health organisation to compliment thier health awareness...
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    Another serious car accident in Gunjur causes injuries
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    • Mar 23, 2021
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    Another serious car accident in Gunjur causes injuries

    Another serious car accident in Gunjur causes injuries Gunjur has witnessed yet another serious road traffic accident on the Gunjur -...
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    Featured: The Smell of money by Ian Urbina
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    • 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...
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    Gunjur Youths For Health kicks off blood pressure and glucose screening
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    • Mar 21, 2021
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    Gunjur Youths For Health kicks off blood pressure and glucose screening

    Gunjur Youths For Health kicks off blood pressure and glucose screening As part of their Community Health Outreach program, Gunjur Youths...
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    Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Injustice against one Gambian is an injustice against every Gambian
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    • Mar 13, 2021
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    Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Injustice against one Gambian is an injustice against every Gambian

    Dr Ismaila Ceesay: Injustice against one Gambian is an injustice against every Gambian Dr Ismaila Ceesay, presidential aspirant under...
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    PURA and NAWEC officials meet Gunjur authorities over water issue
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    • Mar 11, 2021
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    PURA and NAWEC officials meet Gunjur authorities over water issue

    PURA and NAWEC officials meet Gunjur authorities over water issue Thursday 11th March 2021 Gunjur Alikalo Alhagie Ba Giki Darboe and...
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    37,000 COVAX syringes arrived in The Gambia ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations
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    • Mar 1, 2021
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    37,000 COVAX syringes arrived in The Gambia ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations

    37,000 COVAX syringes arrived in The Gambia ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations The Governement of The Gambia has received over 37K syringes...
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    Wally: Covid-19 is Good for the Environment
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    • Feb 22, 2021
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    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...
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    Gambia needs a comprehensive Waste disposal system, says a American Environmental Intern in Gunjur
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    • Feb 4, 2021
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    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...
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    Doku Group Gambia: Engineering company pays 1,000 Dalasi reward to encourage masking
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    • Jan 29, 2021
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    Doku Group Gambia: Engineering company pays 1,000 Dalasi reward to encourage masking

    A top Gambian Engineering company,Doku Group Gambia Ltd has started an initiative that encourages people to wear masks to prevent the...
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    ‘Promising’ doctor dies after ‘routine surgery’
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    • Jan 14, 2021
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    ‘Promising’ doctor dies after ‘routine surgery’

    The death has been announced of doctor Ismaila Manneh who succumbed after going under the knife for what a respected colleague...
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    New Zebra crossings installed at major junctions in Gunjur
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    • Jan 11, 2021
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    New Zebra crossings installed at major junctions in Gunjur

    Following installations of speed bumps in strategic locations of the coastal highway that passed through the sprawling coastal town of...
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    Football: DIEGO FC are Champions of Kaajabang
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    • Dec 6, 2020
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    Football: DIEGO FC are Champions of Kaajabang

    DIEGO FC are the crowned champions of Kaajabang after defeating Kaajabang United in a thrilling final held on Saturday. The hard fought...
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    UK based Gunjurians donate Blood Pressure Machines to Gunjur Youths for Health
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    • Dec 6, 2020
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    UK based Gunjurians donate Blood Pressure Machines to Gunjur Youths for Health

    Gunjur Youths for Health, a locally based community organisation has  received Blood Pressure Machines (Sphygmomanometer) from Mr Sulay...
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    EFSTH surgeon deplores ‘silent epidemic’ of road traffic accidents, deaths
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    • Dec 2, 2020
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    EFSTH surgeon deplores ‘silent epidemic’ of road traffic accidents, deaths

    A surgeon at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kebba Marena, has raised the alarm about the upsurge in road traffic accident...
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    Jaha Dukureh: Covid put girls at increased risk of harmful practices
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    • Nov 27, 2020
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    Jaha Dukureh: Covid put girls at increased risk of harmful practices

    Renowned Gambian anti-FGM campaigner and executive director of Safe Hands for Girls, Jaha Dukureh,has assessed the emergence of Covid-19...
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    Dr Jaye Ceesay laments plight of cancer patients,calls for greater gov't investment in health sector
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    • Nov 11, 2020
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    Dr Jaye Ceesay laments plight of cancer patients,calls for greater gov't investment in health sector

    African governments including The Gambia should allocate more resources to improving health care delivery or face a campaign for...
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    Scandal: PURA finds Nawec guilty of supplying ‘unsafe’ drinking water to Gunjur
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    • Nov 2, 2020
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    Scandal: PURA finds Nawec guilty of supplying ‘unsafe’ drinking water to Gunjur

    The people of Gunjur have been at the receiving end of ‘unsafe’ drinking water for five years thanks to severe neglect on the part of...
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    Ahmed Manjang: My target was to Lecture at UTG but ended up at MRC Gambia
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    • Oct 26, 2020
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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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    Gambia: ‘Cancer patients get sent home to die,’ survivor laments
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    • Oct 20, 2020
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    Gambia: ‘Cancer patients get sent home to die,’ survivor laments

    The lack of early detection and intervention for people with cancer due to poor health care facilities in The Gambia has meant that...
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    Sibindinto FC installs ceiling fans, light bulbs at Gunjur Health Centre
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    • Oct 18, 2020
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    Sibindinto FC installs ceiling fans, light bulbs at Gunjur Health Centre

    Sebindinto football club, also known as YSB were at the Gunjur Health Centre on Saturday with electricians to install 10 ceiling fans,10...
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    Opinion: It’s too soon to celebrate!
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    • Oct 18, 2020
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    Opinion: It’s too soon to celebrate!

    It’s too soon to celebrate! | Basidia M Drammeh It’s too soon for the Gambia to let its guards down, in the fight against COVID-19. The...
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    American entrepreneur pledges support to people with disabilities in Africa
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    • Oct 13, 2020
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    American entrepreneur pledges support to people with disabilities in Africa

    Eric Patrick Thomas, an American entrepreneur has called for greater efforts to brainstorm on ways to better support people with...
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    NHRC STATEMENT ON DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD
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    • Oct 12, 2020
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    NHRC STATEMENT ON DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD

    NHRC STATEMENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD 11 OCTOBER  2020. On October 11th, the National Human Rights Commission...
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    YSB Boosts Gunjur Health Centre with computers
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    • Sep 30, 2020
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    YSB Boosts Gunjur Health Centre with computers

    30 September | GunjurOnline Young Soccer Brothers, fondly called YSB has today presented two laptop computers to the Gunjur Health Centre...
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    Scandal: Plunder of Covid-19 funds exposed, as nurses go without pay
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    • Sep 23, 2020
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    Scandal: Plunder of Covid-19 funds exposed, as nurses go without pay

    Scandal: Plunder of Covid-19 funds exposed, as nurses go without pay They risk their lives on the frontlines of the fight against a...
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    Red Star Family Company teams up with SUNU REEW and Wahktan Gambia to clean up EFSTH Sanatorium
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    • Sep 21, 2020
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    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,...
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    Abubacarr Touray: Sand Mining Threatens Women Gardeners’ Livelihoods in Gunjur Village
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    • Sep 21, 2020
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    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...
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    Barrow Relaxes Nightly Curfew and Market Restrictions, Public Health Regulations Remain In Force
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    • Sep 17, 2020
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    Barrow Relaxes Nightly Curfew and Market Restrictions, Public Health Regulations Remain In Force

    “At the expiration of the State of Public Emergency by midnight tonight, His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, has decided to relax the...
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    Murder most foul: EFSTH  vows ‘punishment’ as report finds staff guilty in mother’s death
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    • Sep 17, 2020
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    Murder most foul: EFSTH vows ‘punishment’ as report finds staff guilty in mother’s death

    17 September | Sainey Darboe Staff of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) have been found negligent in the death of Fatou...
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    Esau Williams deplores plunder of Covid-19 funds, lays bare govt’s corruption, lack of credibility
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    • Sep 10, 2020
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    Esau Williams deplores plunder of Covid-19 funds, lays bare govt’s corruption, lack of credibility

    Thursday, 10 September | Sainey Darboe Esau Williams, a BBC journalist of Gambian origin has raised concern about corruption and...
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    RAHMA GAMBIA DONATES D0.5 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TO EFSTH
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    • Aug 28, 2020
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    RAHMA GAMBIA DONATES D0.5 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TO EFSTH

    Friday 28 August | News RAHMA GAMBIA DONATES D0.5 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TO EFSTH Rahma Gambia Limited on Friday donated...
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    Marijuana Peddlers, Consumers Oppose Blanket Legalisation in The Gambia
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    • Aug 28, 2020
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    Marijuana Peddlers, Consumers Oppose Blanket Legalisation in The Gambia

    Friday 28 August | Yero S. Bah Following the demised of dictatorship and the emergence of democracy and greater freedom more than three...
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    Commentary: Why are we indifferent? - Ahmed Manjang
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    • Aug 22, 2020
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    Commentary: Why are we indifferent? - Ahmed Manjang

    Commentary: 22 August | Ahmed Manjang On the eve of the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia, I made a tongue-in-cheek...
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    Social Worker Highlights Limited Funding as Major Challenge in The Gambia
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    • Aug 20, 2020
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    Social Worker Highlights Limited Funding as Major Challenge in The Gambia

    Thursday 20 August | Yero S.Bah Social Worker Highlights Limited Funding as Major Challenge in The Gambia A seasoned Social Worker in the...
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    Gunjur registers 4 Covid-19 cases as national figures edge closer to 2K
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    • Aug 16, 2020
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    Gunjur registers 4 Covid-19 cases as national figures edge closer to 2K

    COVID-19: Gunjur registers 4 confirmed cases as national figures edge closer to two thousand cases, with Banjul registering 185 cases....
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    Commentary | Leadership deficiency in the face of calamity
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    • Aug 11, 2020
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    Commentary | Leadership deficiency in the face of calamity

    Opinion | Basidia M. Drammeh Leadership deficiency in the face of calamity The masses look up to their leaders, for solutions, in the...
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    Malaria and Covid-19 Diagnostic Dilemma for Maleria endemic countries
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    • Aug 10, 2020
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    Malaria and Covid-19 Diagnostic Dilemma for Maleria endemic countries

    MALARIA AND COVID-19 DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA FOR MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES Monday, 10 August | By Ahmed Manjang As the COVID-19 pandemic...
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    Councillor Momodou Charreh Gibba: COVID-19 is real and deadly