(JollofNews) Gambia’s president Adama Barrow Friday evening left Banjul for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he will perform the annual Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. Mr Barrow, 52, is a devout Muslim and is performing the pilgrimage in fulfilment of the five pillars of Islam. “The hajj is[Read More…]
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Gambia: Authorities Urged To Introduce Community Policing To Combat Banditry
(JollofNews) – Barely two weeks after a group of armed robbers stormed Hajo Jarra Pharmacy in Essau Village, North Bank Region, and got away with more than D16,000, calls are intensifying for authorities to embark on community-oriented policing to contain the menace. The attack left one Modou Bah seriously wounded,[Read More…]
Gambia: President Barrow Renews Calls For Religious Tolerance
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia used his meeting with the Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Dakar to call for continued religious tolerance between Christians and Muslims in the two countries. Mr Barrow said Christians and Muslims have coexisted peacefully for centuries and Archbishop Ndiaye’s visit would help to[Read More…]
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