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Bainunka Language Under Threat Of Extinction
Ex-Finance Minister Sees 30% Salaries Increase As ‘Robbery Budget’
Politics
Darboe Reminisces Role Of 4 UDP Women In Paving Way For Resistance To Dictatorship

Gambia’s opposition leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has fondly remembered the valour of four UDP women, who in 1996, resisted with their bare hands, the sheer might of the dictator’s...

Alh. Morro Jawla Sent Into Retirement

The Barrow administration has retired Alhaji Morro Jawla as the Chief of Sami District, JollofNews can report. A letter sent to the long-time former Sami chief informed him of his...

Jammeh K.K. Bojang Fired As Kombo Central Chief
Ex-Army Chief Tamba Goes To Diplomatic Service
Economy
Ex-Finance Minister Sees 30% Salaries Increase As ‘Robbery Budget’

Former finance minister Amadou Sanneh has opined that the executive has more to gain from the recent 30 per cent salaries increase, describing it as ‘a robbery budget’. “This...

Basse Area Council Attributes Floods in URR To Shoddy Road Works

As the country tried to come to terms with last weekend floods in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA), other destructive floods have hit parts of the regional capital of the URR but the local...

Is CBG’s Buah Saidy’s Job On The Line?
Weather Dept. Issues Flood Warnings Amid More Rain & Thunderstorms In The Forecast
African News
Flooding Kills At Least One In Senegal’s Capital

At least one person was killed and one severely wounded after torrential rain caused intense flooding in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Friday, a police officer said. Unusually...

Senegal’s Gov’t Accuses Canadian Police Of ‘Savagely’ Beating Ottawa Embassy Diplomat
Senegal Signs Peace Deal With MFDC Rebels In Country’s South
Jollof Sport
Senegal Coach Aliou Cisse Challenges Napoli Over Nations Cup Threat

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse says international football – and the Africa Cup of Nations in particular – should never play second fiddle to club commitments and has ‘challenged’...

52 Years On – Gambia Wins Commonwealth Silverware
Gambia Athletes Risk Missing Commonwealth Games Over Visas
Opinion
Madi Jobarteh: I Demand A Retraction And An Apology From The President

Today, 2nd August I received a letter from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conveying to me guarantees from the Gambia Government that they would protect “my fundamental...

Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Let’s Talk Degrees

If you are on any social media platform, you’re likely to see someone announcing that they’ve “bagged” this or that degree. Oftentimes, the announcement is accompanied by a...

Sanna Sabally: Nowhere to Run!
Letter To Wululah (Parent)
Human Rights
Three Gambian Minors ‘Stranded’ In Casamance

Three Gambian minors have been stranded in Casamance, JollofNews was informed. According to our source, the trio is currently in Kaparang village in the Department De Bignona. One...

Gambian Among Youngsters Jailed In Italy As Smugglers

A Gambian was among youngsters being held in detention and charged as smugglers upon their arrival in Italy, reports Infomigrants. These youngsters have been described as little more...

Gov’t Still Assessing Impact Of Floods As Victims’ Needs For Relief Soar
Officials of Basse Area Council Visit Flood Victims
Editorial
People’s Miseries Should Not Be Politicized!

Governance, we’re told, is a collective responsibility. It was just yesterday when Vice President Badara A. Joof visited flood-affected areas to see for himself the human miseries...

Editorial: Baba Jah Must Be Prosecuted
Editorial: Amie Bojang Should Have Conscience And Shut Up!
Social
Bainunka Language Under Threat Of Extinction

One of the oldest languages spoken in The Gambia is currently under a threat of disappearing. Bainunke language is said to be one of the first languages used by those who first peopled...

Transport Minister Presents 172 Road Safety Equipment To Stakeholders
Transport Ministry Holds 7th Annual Retreat With Line Institutions