Agie Cole
Op-ed: Maternal Mortality: A Battle in The Gambia, West Africa
Maternal mortality is a critical public health issue in Gambia, West Africa, with around 800 women dying from preventable causes linked...
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Ebrima Scattred Janneh
- 14 hours ago
- 5 min
Commentary: The Gambia is not poor. We are stealing her wealth
There is no way to probably understand the Gambia today without considering the history of the country. We also have to acknowledge the...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- 7 days ago
- 4 min
Commentary: The Gambia's Politic of Selfishness, lack of Principle and a Cult of Greed
The Gambia is in an awful, increasingly frightening mess because its politics and system of power remain stuck in the past. Based around...
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Gunjur Online
- Nov 10
- 3 min
Health Benefits of Exercise - Abubacarr F Darboe
How many times have you talked to someone about the importance of exercise? Or how many times have you seen boys bragging about being...
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Gunjur Online
- Nov 7
- 2 min
'Backway': The most guaranteed and sometimes fastest way to get a visa is through the academic route
"From my experience, the most guaranteed and sometimes the fastest way to get a visa is through the academic route." - Wuyeh Jobe
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Gunjur Online
- Oct 30
- 2 min
The Unsettling Surge of Illegal Migration in Coastal Gambia
The coastal areas of Gambia, including Gunjur, Tanji, and Kartong, have become epicenters of a distressing surge in illegal migration,...
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Sainey Darboe
- Oct 16
- 2 min
France: a country that doesn’t miss the point of life
Features: France. Replete with dizzying diversity and rich cultural heritage. There’s more to the country than meets the eye when one...
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Dr. Bakary J. Sonko
- Oct 6
- 6 min
Commentary: An Opinion on the Banning of FGM in The Gambia
For a while now, there has been a growing call from some parliamentarians in our National Assembly as well as from Islamic scholars to...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Sep 12
- 4 min
Opinion: Chairman Yanks Darboe and the Gambian Conundrum
Every failed government needs an enemy to blame for their failure. The Gambia’s is no exception. And for President Barrow, there is no...
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Barrister Famara Singhateh
- Jul 8
- 3 min
Commentary: The Gambia National Assembly's Conundrum of Luxurious Vehicle Purchases
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Jun 7
- 4 min
The Case of Senegal: Rule of Strong men, not Strong Institutions
It was the former United States "US" president, Barack Obama, who famously said that "Africa did not need strong men but strong...
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Sainey Darboe
- May 22
- 2 min
Opinion | Barrow gov’t: Bad Personnel, Bad Process, Bad Policy, Bad Politics
The most recent elections have been a crushing blow for the incumbent, Adama Barrow. For reasons totally avoidable. After flawlessly...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- May 16
- 4 min
Opinion | Dialogue with President Barrow
Mr. President, to say life is transient, is an understatement. Hence, have you reflected that since you have been in power, many...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- May 8
- 5 min
Opinion | The only certainty in President Barrow’s government is corruption, failures, and chaos
When dictator Jammeh's government was defeated and booted out of the Gambia, we believed, dictatorship and the most chaotic days of...
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Gunjur Online
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Commentary: Tolerance-cum-panacean
Like so many contested terms, it is obvious and much safer to understand that tolerance has no universally accepted definition. Diversely...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Opinion: President Barrow decries Social Media: But is he really genuine?
It is a tradition in the Gambia for the president to gather Banjul Muslim Elders, Supreme Islamic Council, and other Muslim groups for...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Opinion column: My take on the outcome of the recently concluded Ward Councillor election
The recent Ward Councillor election results describing the performance of National People Party “NPP” were not undramatic, but they...
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Gunjur Online
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Editorial: Gamtel’s daylight robbery
Gamtel’s daylight robbery of Gambian broadband consumers must be rejected, challenged and abandoned. On Tuesday 11th April, Gambia’s main...
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Gunjur Online
- Mar 20
- 1 min
In Honourable Momodou Charreh Gibba, Gunjur has it right
Dr Nyanbi Touray, I agree with you. In Momodou Charreh Gibba, Gunjur has it right. We know him. We know he is different from any...
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Sainey Darboe
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Bensuda’s innocence is not so easy to sell on the campaign trail
It started with the defenestration of Alhaji Kurang from Janneh Commission. This followed allegations of conflict of interest and...
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Sainey Darboe
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Opinion: Barrow political behemoth and Talib’s death ground
Despite a strong record of performance during his first tenure as KMC Mayor, Talib’s chances of retaining the coveted job are not...
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Dave Manneh
- Jan 22
- 7 min
Features: *Fraying at the seams: The Gambia’s social fabric.*
Oh, how the once tight-knit community has unravelled, frayed at the edges like a worn-out kaftan. Gone are the days of neighbourly...
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Sainey Darboe
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Opinion: UDP Congress and the death-ward march of a once great party
The recently concluded UDP congress offered a profound glimpse into the state of Gambia’s biggest opposition party, as we barrel...
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Ebrima Scattred Janneh
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
Commentary: Barrow uses Jammeh era laws to clamp down on opposition
"It now looks like Opposition to President Barrow is Against the Law." Like the former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, president Barrow, is all...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Opinion: The failure to host the OIC Summit depicts government Ineptitude
A web of deception on the Gambia hosting the OIC Summit this year has finally been untangled. With a breathtaking U-turn, the OIC...
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Gunjur Online
- Oct 30, 2022
- 5 min
Op-Ed: Is the World's Deadliest Profession Also Among the Most Violent?
By Ian Urbina and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff Crimes like this don't often happen on land. A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured by a...
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Ebrima Janneh (EB)
- Oct 28, 2022
- 5 min
Opinion: The Gambia is poor because of corruption of our leaders
The Gambia is endowed with abundant natural resources that if properly managed can uplift the country out of abject poverty. Why then it...
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Gunjur Online
- Oct 25, 2022
- 4 min
The Gambia has failed to protect her pregnant women and babies
I am aware that the Gambia is a nation of intractable sycophancy. But for us to reduce ourselves to accepting the balderdash flaunted by...
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Gunjur Online
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Commentary: Are we serious about our Country?
Following the chaotic debacle of Liz Truss and the mayhem within the Conservative government, one may think that United Kingdom “UK” ‘s...
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Gunjur Online
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Commentary: Who is in control in the face of worsening cost of living crisis in The Gambia?
The Gambia, bogged down in corruption and deepening cost of living crisis causing hunger, economic misery and instability, but, where is...
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Dida Jallow-Halake
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Opinion: In Defence of Old White Women!
It was a nice, warm and sunshiny day as I stepped out of my door onto Notting Hill’s crowded Portobello Road W11 and whistled my merry...
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Gunjur Online
- Jul 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Gambia: "Third World people with First World problems" - Nyang Njie
As the social media trial of the much talked about matrimonial saga of Bob Keita and Sainabou Mbye takes another turn, Economist and...
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Basidia M. Drammeh
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
Opinion: From self-denial to self-indulgence: VP Badara Joof says it as it is
When President Adama Barrow named veteran civil servant and renowned educationist Dr. Badara Joof, as his VP, in his Cabinet reshuffle,...
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Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
- May 29, 2022
- 6 min
Analysis | Views on The Government White Paper Regarding the TRRC Recommendations
Analysis | Views on The Government White Paper Regarding the TRRC Recommendations By Pa Louis Sambou Having gone through the White Paper,...
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Gunjur Online
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
Commentary: Leaders and what they leave behind for the next generation
As I reflect on the wonders of nature, I thought about trees in the forest. I observe that every trees produces fruits not for itself...
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Gunjur Online
- Apr 10, 2022
- 2 min
Commentary: Warm Congratulations to Hon. Kebba K. Barrow
I would like to congratulate Honourable Kebba K. Barrow “KKB” on being elected as a Member of Parliament ‘MP’ for Kombo South following a...
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Gunjur Online
- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min
Letter to the Editor: The IEC followed what they think is the law, as we all must!
As the debate over the legality of IEC’s rejection of the Momodou Sabally National Assemby Nomination festers, Dida Jallow-Halake has...
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Gunjur Online
- Mar 14, 2022
- 4 min
The IEC cannot interpret the Constitution! - Melville Robertson Roberts Esq
As the debate on the legality of the rejection of the nomination of National Assembly Election Momodou Sabally by IEC returning officer...
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Gunjur Online
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
Commentary: The Momodou Sabally National Assembly Nomination Saga: Sad but Lawful
He is a towering intellectual and first rate orator, served simultaneously as Secretary General and Minister of Presidential Affairs...
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Ebrima Scattred Janneh
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Abdou Saho
- Mar 7, 2022
- 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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Maa Touray
- Feb 15, 2022
- 5 min
Alhagi Conteh's Public Parade in Joining NPP: A Sad Day for Democracy and Humiliation for Kombo
OPINION: Alhagi Conteh's Public Parade in Joining NPP: A Sad Day for Democracy and Humiliation for Kombo On February 8, Alargi Conteh, a...
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Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
- Feb 11, 2022
- 10 min
OPINION: Are Foreign Troops on Gambian Territory Staying For Far Too Long For Their Own Good?
The Truth About The Rapidly Thinning Boundary Between ECOMIG and Senegalese Government Foreign Policy Interests & Its Implications
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Maa Touray
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Hamat Bah Putting on Teengadeh (Fulani straw hat) During the Swearing in Ceremony was Misplaced
Opinion: Hamat Bah Putting on Teengadeh (Fulani straw hat) During the Swearing in Ceremony was Misplaced. Representation Matters, But...
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Lamin Darboe, Leicester, UK
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
THE SPECTACLE OF DEATH - LESSONS FROM THE DEATH OF MY MUM
I say Jazakallah to each and everyone for your support and encouragement to bear the loss of my dear mum with patience and fortitude....
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Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
- Dec 26, 2021
- 4 min
Op-ed: The Need To Disarm All Possibilities For a Government Dominated Parliament Come April 2022
The Need To Disarm All Possibilities For a Government Dominated Parliament Come April 2022
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Ebrima Sonko
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
UDP Party Leader ANM Ousainou Darboe should accept the outcome of the election results in good faith
UDP Party Leader ANM Ousainou Darboe should accept the outcome of the elections results in good faith
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Pa Louis Sambou Jr.
- Dec 7, 2021
- 4 min
OPINION: Presidential Elections 2021: Why We Lost?
How The Gambian Opposition Walked Itself Into A Crushing DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Defeat
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Omar A. Manjang
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Features: We are the cause of our own problems and the solutions will not come from the sky
Days back in the Gambia when you want to buy imported rice you have to hide simply because doing so was associated with a lot of negative de
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Written by Mustapha Dumbuya
- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
Featured: Road safety must be everyone’s business
Times without numbers that avoidable accidents are occurring in our communities as a result of negligence. Accidents are not only caused...
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