Children in The Gambia go to school on hungry bellies, JollofNews found out. The deepening nutritional and food insecurity that the country wallows in are increasingly threatening the cognitive development of children, JollofNews discovered. Dwindling household incomes and rising food prices have forced several Gambian families to curtail the number[Read More…]
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Why Do Gambia’s Leaders Always Leave The Stage Without Ceremony?
One thing that is increasingly becoming constant in the Gambia’s post-independence political trajectory is the chaotic nature of change of power. When the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara’s sun downed on 22 July 1994, he was literally scampering to safety alongside his family and officials. Meanwhile when Jammeh’s “Supreme” power[Read More…]
APRC’s Amie Jatta Calls For United Force Against Barrow
A stalwart of former President Yahya Jammeh’s APRC has been using the airwaves in an apparent attempt to prick the national consciousness about the need and urgency for collective action against President Adama Barrow. In several of her radio interventions, Amie Jatta made passionate appeals to Gambians to put aside[Read More…]
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