Politics
NPP Denies Alleged Offer Of Vice Presidency To KMC Mayor
The National People’s Party (NPP) has dismissed claims that its leader offered the positions of Vice President and Minister of Trade to Kanifing Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda. In a statement issued on Sunday, the party described the allegations as false and said it had never entered into negotiations with Mr.[Read More…]
Human Rights
Senegalese Children Escaping To Gambia In Droves
Senegalese children, adolescents and teenagers are still hightailing it to The Gambia to seek “greener pastures”, but some Gambians have started to worry over the Gambia’s capacity to cope with the influx. Mass migration from Senegal to The Gambia is not a new phenomenon as Senegalese migrants started to flood[Read More…]
African News
Western Balkan Cartels Expand Cocaine Trade Through West Africa
Criminal networks from the Western Balkans are tightening their control over cocaine smuggling routes through West Africa, with The Gambia among the countries at risk, a new report has warned. The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) said Balkan groups, including Montenegrin clans and Albanian-speaking networks, have become central[Read More…]
Editorial
NPP Should Be The Party To Lose Sleep Over UMC’s Crash-Landing
The failed launch of the Unite Movement for Change (UMC) to the league of nation’s bona fide political parties should be more concerning to the National People’s Party (NPP) than the GDC, NUP or APP-Sobeyaa. The UMC’s unsuccessful launch to the orbit of IEC-recognised political parties appears to have laid[Read More…]
Opinion
The Back-Way Syndrome – A Possible Jinack Connection
Despite attempts by the government to convince Gambians that the irregular migration (the ‘back-way’) syndrome has been on the decline, it is quite evident that it has instead recently become even more regular and deadly, with so many young lives perishing virtually on a weekly basis while travelling in rickety[Read More…]
Sports
Hundreds Paint Serekunda Red Following Senegal’s Triumph Over Morocco
There was a groundswell at the popular Westfield intersection and Sayerr Jobe Avenue in downtown Serekunda as hundreds converged on the Gambia’s largest city on Sunday evening to celebrate Senegal’s victory in the finals of the African Cup of Nations. Senegal beat host Morocco by one goal to nil and,[Read More…]
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