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The second-half substitute scored twice to inspire Gunjur Dutch Lions to a 2-0 victory over Continental Star at Nyamina Mini Stadium. 𝐁𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 | 𝐍𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 Gunjur Dutch Lions secured their place in the Gunjur Sports Committee (GSC) quarter-finals with a convincing 2-0 victory over Continental Star, thanks to a match-winning second-half performance from substitute Malanding Jabang. The encounter at Nyamina Mini Stadium was

Fabakary Jammeh and captain Pa Saikou Jassy score first-half goals as Farm Global secure a hard-fought win at Nyamina Mini Stadium. 𝐁𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 Farm Global have booked their place in the Gunjur Sports Committee (GSC) quarter-finals following a 2–0 victory over Pasamai FC at Nyamina Mini Stadium. Both teams started brightly, showing determination and intent in a competitive encounter. However, Farm Global prov

By Dave Manneh, Securing Futures: Land Rights Action Collaborative (SFLRAC) 15 October 2026 In June 2025 I wrote twice about the draft National Land Policy (NLP) 2026 to 2035. I wrote that 'The Ministry listened!', and I counted 'pathways for restitution' among the gains. I measured those gains against the May 2025 Validation Copy, the text that went to national validation at Bijilo on 10 June 2025, where SFLRAC had a representative in the room. This postscript sets that copy

Public debt and fiscal management emerge as the leading issues in online political discourse, while persistent electricity challenges and calls for faster transitional justice add to pressure on the incumbent government. Public debt, persistent electricity supply challenges and demands for faster transitional justice have emerged as major themes in The Gambia’s online political discourse, according to a new analysis by Narrative Control covering the seven days ending October

By Dave Manneh, Securing Futures: Land Rights Action Collaborative (SFLRAC) The Ministry of Lands has written a new rulebook for the day the state comes for your land: the Draft National Resettlement Policy 2027 to 2036, the country's first. Resettlement is the polite word for the state moving you off your land to make way for a road, a scheme, or an investor. The draft says it ‘gives effect to the National Land Policy’, so the land policy sets the principle and this draft su

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅. By Ian Urbina In September 2024, Cheikhou Omar sat on a beach in S

Health and Care Gambia provide renovation materials and will cover plumbing labour costs to improve sanitation at the health facility. Gunjur Health Centre has received a donation of materials to support the renovation of its toilet facilities, in a move aimed at improving sanitation and hygiene at the health facility. The donation was made by Health and Care Gambia through Sulayman Junkung Darboe, Bakary Badjie, and Abdoulie Demba (Kebbeh). It follows their earlier contribut

The Gambia’s Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Suntu Touray, has been recognised by the country’s High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Dr Fatou Bensouda, for his contribution to advancing The Gambia’s diplomatic objectives. The recognition took place during a staff reception hosted by Dr Bensouda at her residence in London on Thursday evening. In a statement following the occasion, Mr Touray expressed profound gratitude to the High Commissioner for her re

President Adama Barrow expected to inaugurate vital link to Gunjur’s coastal hub The long-awaited Gunjur Beach Road is set to be officially inaugurated on Saturday, 19 September 2026, with President Adama Barrow expected to preside over the opening ceremony. The road, which provides a vital link between Gunjur’s main community and its increasingly vibrant coastal and beach area, is regarded as an important infrastructure development for the sprawling coastal settlement. The p

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 With schools preparing to reopen and families facing the financial pressures associated with the new academic year, the Abubacarr Al Siddiq Foundation for Orphan and Needy Welfare (AFNOW) has provided practical support to more than 100 children in Gunjur. The Foundation has distributed scho

Today, September 9th, is a painful day for all of us who knew and loved our dear brother and friend, Bubacarr Bojang. Buba was more than a friend. To many of us, he was family. He was one of those rare people whose kindness, humility, and peaceful nature spoke louder than words. He loved children, cared about people, and never wanted to trouble or burden anyone. Whenever there was tension or disagreement, Buba was often the person who tried to calm things down and bring peace

There comes a point when a government’s failures can no longer be dismissed as temporary challenges, technical difficulties or inherited problems. For many Gambians, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. Across the country, prolonged electricity blackouts are disrupting businesses, households, education and healthcare. Families are losing food and electrical goods, businesses are losing income, and students are struggling to study. Yet while citizens struggle wi

National Unity Party (NUP) Party Leader, Secretary General and Standard Bearer Dr. Lamin J. Darbo has condemned what he described as “reckless” and divisive remarks made by Imam Daaru Sanyang in an audio recording currently circulating on social media. In a solidarity statement dated 27 August 2026, Dr. Darbo said he had taken note of an audio recording attributed to Imam Sanyang in which the imam allegedly called on Kanifing Municipal Council Lord Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda,

The photo below shows the road corridor running through central Gunjur, from the coastal road around Gunjur Lower Basic School, through the Gunjur market, and connecting to the Gunjur–Brikama Road. The current state of road running through central Gunjur. | Photo credit: Hatab Jobe The construction of this vital road was announced several years ago by the Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Works. Earlier this year, there was renewed hope when construction equipm

The relay still signs. Part Two found it in the state's own record: the seyfo and the alkalo administer the land the state claims ownership of, and no transfer of it moves without their mark. The office that endorsed the Kombo Coastal Belt leases in 1970 endorses transfers today. It never stopped. Part One asked by what right the state claims the land. This essay asks the narrower question, the one that falls on the men whose mark moves the land. By what authority was their

The Gunjur Conservationists & Ecotourism Association (CETAG), through its Bottom Trawling (TBT) Advocacy Project, on Saturday, 22nd August 2026, held an awareness-raising campaign in Gunjur to strengthen community understanding and advocacy around the socio-economic and environmental impacts of bottom trawling. Participants at the CETAG bottom trawling awareness campaign session The awareness session brought together representatives of fishing communities, fisherfolk, women f

The Walk for Health Gunjur Six Junction Chapter, in collaboration with Tenko Kunku Eco Garden, has planted more than 50 fruit trees across four schools and a health facility in Gunjur as part of a community-led environmental initiative. The tree-planting exercise covered 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧

By Dave Manneh, Securing Futures: Land Rights Action Collaborative (SFLRAC) August 10, 2026 On 22 and 23 July, at the DPPH hall on Marina Parade in Banjul, the Ministry of Lands convened a workshop on the legal review of The Gambia's land tenure and land administration laws. The consultant leading the review set out its purpose from the front of the room. The task, the slides said, is to 'harmonise and modernise' the statutes that govern land in The Gambia. Fragmentation acro

The APeX Secretariat has announced the conclusion of more than 18 months of coalition-building negotiations involving several opposition political parties and movements, culminating in the proposed formation of a new political coalition named CHANGE. According to a press statement issued on Sunday, 9 August, the coalition’s official name is CHANGE — Coalition for Hope, Accountability, National-renewal, Good-governance, and Equity. The negotiations facilitated by APeX involved

A group of volunteers from Marlborough, United Kingdom, arrived in Gunjur on Saturday evening as part of the longstanding friendship and partnership between Gunjur and Marlborough. The visiting team, organised through the Marlborough Brandt Group, comprises 19 students and two teachers from St John’s School in Marlborough, accompanied by two Venture Force leaders. The group will spend the next 14 days in Gunjur, engaging in community activities and supporting local developmen