(JollofNews) – The Gambian community in the United Kingdom will Saturday hold the funeral prayers of four Gambian men and a Senegalese national who were killed on 7th July after a huge concrete wall collapsed on top of them at a Birmingham recycling plant. The 15ft tall wall, made of[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia: Silence Is Complicity
(JollofNews) – The last time I raise my head above the parapet of Gambian politics was eons ago. Circa 2003. A year the press gagging Media Commission Bill was championed by Jammeh’s consigliere, the late Baba Jobe, before a docile National assembly. Regrettably, the repressive media bill was passed and[Read More…]
Gambia: Another July 22 Anniversary, Nothing To Celebrate
(JollofNews) – Exactly 22 years today, President Yahya Jammeh became leader of our small but blessed country when he and his fellow soldiers overthrew the government of Sir Dawda Jawara. President Jawara had over-stayed in power and there was euphoria in the streets of Banjul, Brikama, Serrekunda and even Futa[Read More…]
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