An estimated 136000 Gambians at risk of severe food insecurity between June and August 2020 if appropriate measures and responses are not implemented, a regional study has warned. The number of Gambians already going hungry have significantly ballooned from the 46000 estimated in March 2019 to 82000 mainly due to[Read More…]
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Coronavirus: Gambian Backway Returnees Produce PPE For Frontline Border Officials
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in West and Central Africa, which has infected over 8,000 people and led to the deaths of over 200, has led to a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). To enhance the availability of basic medical supplies in The Gambia, the International Organization for Migration[Read More…]
The Gambia debates making Real de Banjul champions
BBC Sport Africa There are growing demands on the Gambia football federation to either declare the 2019/2020 league season as null and void or declare Real de Banjul as champions. Football in the Gambia has been on a break since 18 March following the government’s declaration of a state of[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Muhammed Manjang: The One Who Dared To Be Different
I don’t know Manjang and I have never directly interacted with him. Like many people, I only came to know of him through his hiring at SSHFC. From the various thieves and thief-helpers that came before the Janneh Commission, I thought the SSHFC was a poisoned chalice for the many[Read More…]
Gambian Man Dies Of Covid-19 In UK
A UK-based Gambian hospital staff has died after testing positive of the deadly coronavirus. Momodou Dibba, who worked as a housekeeper at Watford General Hospital, died last Wednesday. According to the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust ,Dibba is the seventh confirmed Covid-19 death of NHS workers who were either working,[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Making Of A President: The Beginning
I remember the day the idea of running for president was initially broached to me. I laughed incredulously because as much as I like to dream, I had never entertained dreams of being president of anything much more a country. I thought it was a joke of sorts even though[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Gambia Needs Strong And Fearless Journalists Today More Than Ever
Today is World Press Freedom Day with the theme ‘Journalism without fear or favour’. A day dedicated to the promotion of freedom of expression and the media. The day cannot come at a more critical time for the Gambia than now. Since ousting Dictatorship three years ago the increasing incidence[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Untamed Obedience
Growing up here in The Gambia, one of the values instilled in us as children is obedience to adults and authority figures. The more traditional the setting, the deeper the obedience to the elders or authority figures. This obedience to authority is often hierarchical, meaning, in a family, the younger[Read More…]
Weekend Story With Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Prison Guard
I stood in the blazing sun sweating. The dust flies in my eyes as the SUVs zipped past me. My shirt, wet and sticking to my bare skin from the sweat mixed with the dew of the early morning. I smiled at the motorists as they raced pass me hoping[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh:Adama Barrow Is Taking Gambia Down The Yaya Jammeh Path. Resist!
Just like Despot Yaya Jammeh Pres. Barrow is also destroying the civil service which tantamount to more inefficiency and corruption hence more poverty and waste. The indiscriminate, unstructured, unplanned and frequent deployment of top officials creates instability and unproductivity in the Government. Within just 3 years for a ministry to[Read More…]
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