(JollofNews) – A senior Gambia Government official has admitted for the first time that the ongoing border closure with neighbouring Senegal is costing the West African nation an arm and a leg. Lamin Sanyang, managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), which is responsible for managing and providing all[Read More…]
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Gambian Migrants Who Risk Death Find Life Less Than Sweet In Italy
(JollofNews) – Bubacarr* sits on a bench beside a playground in Ferrara, northern Italy. The 24-year-old looks shattered. A proud young man, he is embarrassed by the donated clothes he is wearing, tugging at his loose, faded trousers to make a point. It is almost a year since he was[Read More…]
Gambia: President Jammeh’s Farm Manager Jailed For Theft
A former manager of President Yahya Jammeh’s Kanilai Family Farm, Lang Conteh, was Thursday given a two-year jail term with hard labour by a local magistrate after he was found guilty of theft. Mr Conteh was found guilty of stealing D1, 538,804.95 from the president’s business between 2012 and 2013,[Read More…]
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